Family Reunion at Cedar Breaks-Where we Stayed

I am going to break down the posts related to our reunion cause I have sooooo many pictures.

Our Welch Family Reunion was held July 11-14, 2012. We had to bring two vehicles to get all our people and luggage there. Since our Suburban's engine was still iffy, we used Grandma's Durango and Ford drove over in the little truck with all the luggage in the back. Crazy what has to be taken for a 4 day vacation.

Grandma Welch got us accommodations at Cedar Breaks Lodge which is actually at Brian Head. That is in the mountains above Cedar City. It's a resort there. We all had some apartment type rooms with kitchens and living spaces and two bedrooms/baths. It was sort of crazy at meal times because whoever was in charge of the meal(usually Grandma) had to open up their room for the hordes to come in and eat. The rooms were big but were not big enough for the 70+ people we had at the reunion. I am so thankful to Grandma and Grandpa for making this whole thing happen. It was not inexpensive but they love getting everyone together so much that it was worth it to them to provide this. 

Here are some pictures:

the pavilion and main lodge

The main lodge had a nice weight room, pool, hot tub, conference rooms. It also had a restaurant but we never ate there. We had a closing meeting and testimony meeting in one of the conference rooms the last night we were there. It is still so hard to believe how huge the family is getting. And then to think that some day ours will be as large. Hopefully. If our kids choose to have larger families.....9 kids marrying and having 5-6 kids each....do the math!

Nice outdoor playground

In the center of the three buildings that make up the lodge there is a grassy area with the pavilion and some playground equipment. The little people used the playground a lot, (when it wasn't raining) and there was a mean game of baseball played out there as well by everyone who wanted to join in. The pavilion had several tables and about 3 gas BBQ grills.

A seating area in the 'commons'

Our room were the 3rd and 4th windows from the left on the middle row of windows.  Curtis and I had a large master bedroom with fireplace and master bath with a huge jetted tub. James was in the corner of the room in his playpen. The girls and one of the little boys had the other bedroom and the boys all slept in the living area. The couch made out into a bed where Ford and Jordan slept and we pushed two chairs together for a little boy(whichever was not sleeping in the bedroom).

Brian Head is quite high in altitude. The weather was nice but cool and cloudy a lot. And it rained quite a bit. The kids made good use of the pool and hot tub, which is to the left of the pool in the picture below. Charles even finally got in and had a good time. Took almost all night but he finally did it!!

We filled up the pool all by ourselves.

There was a basketball court off the south end of the parking lot and a beautiful view of the meadow to the south of the resort. Brian Head is a ski resort town, so most of the amenities were geared to outdoor activities.