Every June we spend 4 days and 3 nights in a fabulous cabin for Brandon's family's reunion! The cabin is 7000 square feet with a pool table, ping pong, Foosball, movie theater, swing set, basketball, hot tub, grill, and lots of rooms, beds, and space for everyone! We look forward to this every year! It's getting so fun with the kids because they're old enough now they just play with cousins all day long with very little adult supervision:). Brandon and I did, however, spend a lot of time chasing Jonah around this year trying to keep him from falling down the stairs, playing in toilets, and keeping chocking hazards out of his mouth! When Jonah was napping we got to play games, play with the kids, and do enough visiting to solve the worlds' problems. Each family is in charge of 2 meals, and all of the food was amazing! And Nanny and Papa provide enough yummy snacks to keep everyone sugared up the entire stay!
Sarah, Jonah and Jacob doing a little hot tubbing with Daddy and their cousins!
Brandon had the great idea (which I have to admit I was against at first, but am happy to be wrong) to make marshmallow guns with all the kids. He and Brett went to the local hardware store, bought lots of PVC pipe and marshmallows, and cut all the pipe up. I was expecting the worse as they instructed 11 young children how to assemble their own guns, but they actually did a wonderful job with all 11 guns getting assembled perfectly! Anyone who didn't have a gun grabbed scrap PVC pipe pieces to shoot marshmallows out of and we had a fantastic marshmallow war with "kids" of all ages! Disgustingly enough the marshmallows were used and reused many times. Little Jonah and Anne thought they'd hit the jack-pot with a plethora of treats all over the ground for their own consumption! Eww! Here's Nanny on the hunt!
All the cousins with their marshmallow guns!
Jacob aiming right for me! AAHHH!!!
Kimber and I (well, mostly Kimber) decided to expand the family's horizons beyond the realms of band and music by organizing a family track meet at the nearby high school in town. We organized the families into 2 teams and gave them a colored bandanna with which to designate themselves. We had 12 events planned, but ended the meet after 10. Everyone was great to participate. Here are the men attempting to stretch. You should have seen them trying to get their legs up on that bar! Let's just say we had some very sore adults the next day :)!
Papa killed everyone at push-ups since his daily morning ritual includes 50+ push-ups! Go Papa!!!
Naomi, Jonah and Anne were the participants for the 25 meter Toddler Dash. You don't see Naomi in this picture because she was at the finish line. Jonah and Anne didn't quite get the concept and got a little side-tracked. But with a little guidance they were able to finish the race!
Sarah doing the long jump!
Jacob doing the long jump!
Jonah had the time of his life with so much open space to just walk around on without always being told "NO!" Sarah had the time of her life pounding down the snacks with very little adult supervision!
Here's the whole group on the front steps of the cabin (next year we need a tripod)! It sure was fun! We can't wait for next year!!!
Sarah, Jonah and Jacob doing a little hot tubbing with Daddy and their cousins!
Brandon had the great idea (which I have to admit I was against at first, but am happy to be wrong) to make marshmallow guns with all the kids. He and Brett went to the local hardware store, bought lots of PVC pipe and marshmallows, and cut all the pipe up. I was expecting the worse as they instructed 11 young children how to assemble their own guns, but they actually did a wonderful job with all 11 guns getting assembled perfectly! Anyone who didn't have a gun grabbed scrap PVC pipe pieces to shoot marshmallows out of and we had a fantastic marshmallow war with "kids" of all ages! Disgustingly enough the marshmallows were used and reused many times. Little Jonah and Anne thought they'd hit the jack-pot with a plethora of treats all over the ground for their own consumption! Eww! Here's Nanny on the hunt!
All the cousins with their marshmallow guns!
Jacob aiming right for me! AAHHH!!!
Kimber and I (well, mostly Kimber) decided to expand the family's horizons beyond the realms of band and music by organizing a family track meet at the nearby high school in town. We organized the families into 2 teams and gave them a colored bandanna with which to designate themselves. We had 12 events planned, but ended the meet after 10. Everyone was great to participate. Here are the men attempting to stretch. You should have seen them trying to get their legs up on that bar! Let's just say we had some very sore adults the next day :)!
Papa killed everyone at push-ups since his daily morning ritual includes 50+ push-ups! Go Papa!!!
Naomi, Jonah and Anne were the participants for the 25 meter Toddler Dash. You don't see Naomi in this picture because she was at the finish line. Jonah and Anne didn't quite get the concept and got a little side-tracked. But with a little guidance they were able to finish the race!
Sarah doing the long jump!
Jacob doing the long jump!
Jonah had the time of his life with so much open space to just walk around on without always being told "NO!" Sarah had the time of her life pounding down the snacks with very little adult supervision!
Here's the whole group on the front steps of the cabin (next year we need a tripod)! It sure was fun! We can't wait for next year!!!
2 comments:
Now THAT"S a vacation! What a great way to "camp." :)
I love the track meet! What a fun way to get everyone involved AND burn up that kid energy. Very creative!
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