Anderton Family Reunion

Heber Vallley Camp

The weekend after all the Bells went up to the Heber Valley Camp, we went back up there with Rick's side of the family.  So much fun!  

This was an exercise the couple missionaries did with us.  They told us to pretend we were all on a boat that capsized and we had to swing across a small body of water to get to an island of safety.  We had to get our whole family across.  It was a lot of fun working together as a family to get everyone to safety.  The missionaries then explained to us that we will all have "sharks" in our lives and we need to remember to go to our Heavenly Father and our earthly family for help.

Ethan in the back, Ivy, Alyssa, Jake, Luke in front
After the Shark Island game, we all got harnessed up to do the ropes course again.

The ropes course has you climb up a tall pole, walk across a beam, and go down a zipline:


Ivy walking along the beam after climbing up the pole



The missionaries helped Apollo climb up a few steps, then let him swing.  He LOVED it!



Luke did not try the rope course last week because he was too nervous, but decided he was going to try it this week.  He was definitely more scared than excited, so we were so proud of him!

Alyssa doing the ropes course.  I was so surprised at how confident she was as she did this!

Ivy zip line

Alyssa zip line

Apollo getting ready

Ivy playing in the sand at the volleyball court

All the cousins playing volleyball:
Shannon, Natalie, Spencer, Savannah, Ethan, Jake, Brita, Matt, 

Chris and Becca Anderton, Kay Anderton, Neil Anderton, watching the kids play volleyball.

Around the camp fire

Rick playing the ukulele around the campfire 

The next day getting ready play on the lake.

Savannah, Alyssa, Shannon, and Brita standing in line to get on a paddle boat

Rick, Apllo and Luke in a canoe