A Family Reunion...Fun For All!

On the August long weekend my family gathered for our tri-annual (well, this time it was 4 years since the last one) family reunion. It was a great weekend, full of laughs and memories!

Seeing everyone growing up and older is amazing! Seeing all the family traits being transferred to the next generation and seeing some of things I do mirrored by everyone else - weird but good. We spent Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday hanging out, eating and playing in the lake. It was exhausting!!

There are many fun things and laughs that happened over the weekend, but I thought I would share mine! I don't mind being on the lake but I so didn't want to go into it! I really had no plans to go into the lake on this particular weekend. I did go for a Sea-Doo ride and I made Darin (my brother-in-law) promise to not thrown us in (I really don't like cold water, in fact I even have to work my way in when visiting Maui, as I find that cold.) I did end up in it anyway!

My sister, Shannon, needed a spotter for the tube thingy she wanted to ride on with her husband, Darin (he fell off/gave up within a minute). I jumped right in to the boat, as it was at the shore. My sister had a blast (at least it looked like she was having fun and it was nice to feel the breeze out on the water. Half way through I realized I was going to have to get wet! You see, the boat gets tied to a buoy about 30 feet or so from shore. Jim, my step-father, said it was only up to my waist; that was a lie, it was more like my neck!! I was soaked! I had no dry clothes to put on, but thankfully, Shannon had some items to fit and I was cleaned up in no time. I even managed to keep my phone from falling in the lake!!

Thanks to everyone for a fun weekend and we can't wait for the next one!!