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Summer 2018

Summer 2018 was the Johnson Family Reunion. 

Julie, Alex, Alyssa and Angela drove out to Utah and Ashley and Rich flew out to join us for part of the time we were out there so they didn't miss as much work. 

 We stopped in Colorado to visit Rich's Sister Sharon and her family.

  
And found the Swig drive through before we even made it to the reunion! :)


There were a "few" grandkids... :)  

After the reunion we went down to Zion National Park to spend a couple days exploring.
 As we got to Zions National Park... there was flash flooding... the Narrow's hike was closed due to flash flooding.  We were able to still see some other area's and checked back the next day to see if they had opened the narrow's.  We were able to get up to the start of the narrows soon after they reopened it the following day.  There was another storm on the way so we had a limited amount of time to hike it, but it wasn't very crowded.  The downside was the water was murky and you couldn't see where you were stepping as you hiked through the river.
 I managed to twist my ankle a few times during the hike in the narrows... the next day it was swelling up quite a lot.
 Rich and Ashley were dropped off at the airport in Las Vegas to fly home, and Alex, Alyssa, Angela and I headed back up to stay with my parents for a few days.  Alyssa was going to EFY, and we were able to get together with Oklahoma friends before the drop off at EFY.  I was able to see a dear friend as she was dropping off her daughter too.

 I was also able to squeeze in some time with two of my highschool best friends... i hadn't seen them in a few years and it was great to spend some time with them.

While Alyssa was out at EFY, Angela and I drove up to Park City and spent some time playing with my sister Susan and her two boys and her (at that time) boyfriend Mike. (now- hubby)


It was a great fun trip where we all got to see friends and family and spend time all together and in smaller groups as well.


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