Harold Beck Reunion

Uncle Ken and his family were in charge of the Harold Beck Reunion this year.  It was held on July 11-13.  Johnathan had his scout camp during that week, so he stayed back while we went without him.  We left early on July 11 to Colorado Springs.  We arrived at our camping area early afternoon.  We paid to stay in a cabin instead of bringing our tent.  The cabin fit us perfectly except for the strong smell of smoke that was in it.  We ended up switching cabins the second night so we could escape the smell.  We started out by going to an area where some of the family could go biking along the river.  Some extra bikes were brought by Uncle Ken's family so some of the older kids had a chance to ride.  Carter, Parker, Bradley and I went down by the river with Amanda, Carrie and some of the younger kids.  We even saw some people river rafting while we were by the water.  We then went to meet up with the bikers about 3 miles down the canyon.  Riley and Aidan Beck were tired so Carter and Parker were happy to ride their bikes the rest of the way.  The kids and Byron all had a fun time.  Unfortunately Derek got hurt when they were pretty close to the end of the ride.  Other than some pretty bad scrapes they all made it to the end.  That evening we played "Minute to Win It."  We all had fun playing these silly games together. 

 Carter in blue and Parker in gray

The next morning we got up and ate breakfast outside of our cabin.  Then we headed down to Glenwood Springs to enjoy the day there.  The water was so warm and what a fun day of swimming.  Right after lunch we got some rain, but not so much that we still couldn't enjoy swimming.  The pool is huge.  The older kids also enjoyed going off the diving boards and riding the slide once.

 Parker green jacket and Carter blue shirt

 I couldn't pass up this picture of Uncle Ken when the rain started. 

 After swimming we enjoyed some down time back at our camp area.  The boys played a game of "Sorry."  Carter (light blue) and Parker (navy blue).  We had fun playing some fun games at the campfire in the evening.

My birthday girl on the morning we left to come home.  She wasn't so excited to have her birthday while we drove home.  She got some yummy treats that morning including one of her favorite - nutella.  She was pretty excited.