Family Reunion... Sort of!

Last weekend we drove down to Richfield/Monroe for a Magleby family Reunion on Monroe Mountain. We drove down Friday afternoon and got to the Hotel in time to get ready for some swimming with Grandpa Magleby. We got down to the pool and Zach wanted NOTHING to do with it, so back up to our room we went, and settled for some daddy/zach wrestling matches :) Zach had a blast, until it was time to calm down & go to bed!

Then Saturday morning we woke up, got some breakfast, checked out of the hotel and it started raining... we looked at the mountain we were supposed to drive up, and it was covered by a huge raincloud...the whole mountain. Not to mention the lightning that was flashing on the mountain as well... So we decided we weren't going to head up... no need to risk getting stuck on the muddy road, or getting struck by lightning. So instead we drove into Monroe, and Dave showed us all of the family houses and buildings that are amazingly still up. We saw the store that Hans O. Magleby built (Joe's Great Great Great Grandfather, who came over from Denmark) and his house as well as a lot of other family houses, the old Relief Society building & some other fun landmarks.

Hans O's House

Us in front of Hans O's store

The old store

Afterwards we stopped by the Cemetery and saw where Hans O, his wives & children were buried, along with a lot of other Magleby family members.

Zach & Joe with Hans O's graveside

All in all I think the tour of Monroe was actually just as much fun if not more fun than going up on the mountain. It was so neat to see where everyone came from and all of the family history that is still down there!