Michael and Mallory: Conner Reunions

These pictures cover a few small reunions in Utah and Maine. It worked out pretty well because we went out to Utah for about a week and a half to go to the Watkins reunion and hang out with Mals family for a few days. Thanks to the Make a Wish Foundation, we got to see the Conners within a week of returning from Utah! Here are some highlights of the things we did:

We went to the Watkins Cabin near Sundance for a night and I got to introduce the Conners (and friends) to the legend of Old Man Stewart, the history of the cabin itself, and all the fun things to see around there.

Finn and Grammy.

Before we went on this trip, we realized Finn has been having night terrors. And while we were staying at the cabin, he had one or two. A friend of ours said that their son had them as well, and they just stuck him in a cold shower to wake him up. Leading up to this trip, we did the same thing with Finn and it seemed to work really well. He was always calm we wrapped him in a warm towel after a cold drench. So at the cabin I improvised...I stuck his little feet in this ice cold river! Let me tell you, that definitely worked! **NIGHT TERROR UPDATE** Finn hasn't had a night terror since we switched him to strictly almond milk. Thanks for the suggestion Tiff!

We fed the horses that graze near the cabin. They are not my families unfortunately...but the owners to don't seem to care that we feed and pet them.

Madie loved feeding them, but was a little timid around their big smacking lips.

And we can see how much Finn loved them.

FAST FORWARD....we are now at our house for a lobster bake. These lobsters were HUGE! Thanks again Conners for providing those. It was fun to have the Conners stay on the island for a few days and be close by.

FAST FORWARD AGAIN...This is the following weekend and we met up with the Conners at Grammy Haskins home. I think you can literally fit 1.5 Killian heads into one of Finns. "That's a huge noggin!" (said with a Scottish accent)

We went to Baxter State Park to attempt a Mt. Katahdin hike, but got started too late. We just went a couple of miles up just to check it out. We figure that since we live here we'll get another crack at getting up there soon.

On Sunday we headed to Hope, ME to Seth's house for another lobster bake and reunion. I love this picture of Finn and his cousin Pip.

I really liked Seth's yard. Nice playground, lots of grass for the kids, and tons of room. We had a scare when Madies neck got nailed by that tandem swing, luckily it didn't hit her head on, otherwise we could have had a much different evening looking for an ER. Thankfully, nothing serious happened.

But let's get real, we all know that these three guys were the main event.

Particularly after these two! Apparently Pip did not think much of Killian because he was literally going head to head with him, then tried to sit on him. I have more photos that capture the sequence, it was pretty spectacular.