Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Family (Almost) Reunion

Last weekend we headed to Mt. Rainier for our family reunion. It was almost complete. Unfortunately my parents didn't get to come, but Scott, Addy and I went to represent our branch on the family tree!

What an ideal spot - right outside Mt. Rainier National Park. The resort was perfect!


Addy got to meet her cousins (second, I think) and had a blast. They were so sweet to her.



Random shots from our great reunion:





The view when you looked up when sitting around the campsite. Heaven!




Addy's picture of us:


Addy kickin' it by the fire:

The siblings, with a shout out to my Dad!

This was one of my favorite moments. Addy convinces her male cousins that Strawberry Shortcake is the only video to watch when I let her turn on the TV. The boys, having been on the road for days without TV were all over it!


And little Derrick got to play dolls with Addy.


Making funnies with her cousin!


The whole group:


The resort owners bring in the deer in the morning and evening by providing breakfast and dinner! It was great, they just ambled through the resort.

And the food! Gotta love a family reunion! I sure do. We got fresh boiled corn on the cob in this handy dandy boiler.

Yolanda's ribs!!

Homemade pies and ice cream . . . HOMEMADE peeps!!


Check out the breakfast spread!


Bouncy balls that Karen and Yolanda got for the kids were a huge hit! Thanks!

Addy made this picture for Uncle Ross.

We rode into Morton for the logging festival. Yup, we knew we were there when we saw this:

And this driving my us on the road:

But check out these hanging baskets - never seen anything so impressive at a private residence before. They were like 5 feet long.
We had a wonderful time making memories with the family! But we missed Mom and Dad too!

Derrick really liked Addy and so he needed to be with us in the photo. The little guy is so cute I could have hidden him in the van and taken him home!!

Thanks everyone for coming out, can't wait until the next time!!