The Bensons ... and our Journey: Benson Reunion- Heber City

Dustin's family reunion is one of the best parts of summer. Its hard to get everyone all together often. So this is a great chance to be together as a whole family. The kids love the activities and the cousins. There are 20 grandkids now....they have plenty of cousins. The adults love the company, the food, and the games. All of us love making memories.

THE HIKE
We went to Bridal Veil falls in Provo canyon.

THE ADULT NIGHT
This is the 2nd year to have an adult night at our reunion. The older cousins babysat the little ones while the grown ups go out to dinner- this time it was yummy Mexican. I won't lie, its a pretty awesome tradition we started.

THE ZIP LINE
Grandma paid for all of us to go zip lining! It was crazy fun. We did 5 different lines. I was sick to my stomach after the first line, so I forced myself to relax and enjoy. Ella had a ball. Dustin is fearless and did tricks upside down.

The youngest 6 (all boys) stayed behind with the grandparents.

THE SCAVENGER HUNT (need more pics)
The adults had a picture scavenger hunt. This family is EXTREMELY competitive. The "awards" got most people yelling at each other (nothing serious, just semi-friendly yelling)

My group: Grandpa Benson, Cody, Kurt, Bailey and Emily. We came in last, but we WON!

Dustins Group:

THE HEBER CREEPER

This was our first time on the Heber Creeper Train. There was another family reunion on the train with us and they were a bit chaotic. Which is saying a lot because the Benson family is usually the loud one.

Parker and Ella went up into the Engine with the conductor after the ride.

THE GAMES
Grandma is always prepared for the games.

THE NAOMI
If there is an Ella, there is a Naomi

THE CRAFT
We have so many great traditions for this get together. On Sundays, the ladies do a craft. The boys can go do whatever they want. This year we made this cute fall wood block. The younger girls made a bookmark.