The next stop after Bear Lake was Brian Head, Utah for the Walters 3-day reunion. Apparently, the last such reunion was held 20 years ago on a houseboat on Lake Powell. With over 80 of us present (I honestly have no idea how many there were), the family rented a mountaintop lodge instead of a houseboat. Fortunately for us, anyone with babies got a hotel-type private room. Most of the others were relegated to the bunkhouse.
There were lots of fun activities planned but one of the best things was the ongoing questions-for-candy program, where great grandchildren could ask Grandma and Grandpa Walters questions and then pick a candy from the bin. Scott was a big fan of the candy and even hung around to hear some of the answers. He asked Grandpa about learning to fly airplanes and catching fish, and he asked Grandma about her car accidents (she said that none of the 3 were her fault). The activity was a great way to bridge the generations and get the kids to know their great grandparents.
Katie's questions (if she were to ask any) would be generally unintelligible, so we tried to get her to snuggle up with Grandma and Grandpa a bit. She was a bit shy, so she just slapped Grandpa fives to earn her candy. However, Grandma was more successful, getting Katie to sit in her lap (thanks to the candies in her hands).
Katie had a troop of three boy cousins who sat with her on the couch for about an hour asking her questions and waiting for her to shake or nod her reply. I think they mostly asked ridiculous questions and giggled when she would nod her head, but it was cute all the same.
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