Monday, February 21, 2011

Family Reunion

This weekend we had a family reunion with my family and we had a blast! We went to Ruidoso, NM which is one of my families favorite place to go. We always love getting together and all the cousins just play and play and play!

A picture of the whole gang minus Lance and Katie....we missed you guys!!


We arrived Friday and started playing right away. We stay at the Innsbrook Country Club and there is a small golf course and our condo was on the green that was perfect for us. Since it was a little chilly there weren't many golfers so we all played outside. My dad even got a little fishing in until the grandkids figured out where he was and then he got their fishing poles set up. We fed the ducks and got attacked by geese. I will post about that later with the video. I laughed so hard at Reagan and Annika.







On Saturday we took the kids to the tubing park and they had a blast. There was even a little park for Farrah to go tubing and she LOVED it! It was the perfect size for her and I don't think her smile could have gotten any bigger! We were there for three hours so after about an hour Farrah was done so the girls went into town and went shopping and we left the guys with the big kids so they could get their three hours of tubing in.









That evening we stayed in and had a little birthday party for Farrah since my brother's family won't be able to come to Farrah's party. I made a cake and had a candle and Farrah was so excited but we had a little problem....we could not find a lighter to save our life! We tried everything. James tried lighting a toothpick off the grill and it worked but the the wind kept blowing the candle out. So then we tried to light a paper towel off the stove and couldn't get to light although it did make some great smoke and a wonderful burn smell. So then James tried the toothpicks again but this time instead of one toothpick he lit five and we finally had a burn enough to light Farrah's candle. We sang happy birthday and she was so funny to watch. She got the biggest smile and started to clap and then she got embarrassed but she understood what was going on. When it was time to blow the candle out she tried so hard and actually blew but just not hard enough so mommy helped a little. Lance and LaJuana and Lucas and Annika got Farrah a Barbie trike. She was so excited! Thanks Uncle Lance and Aunt LaJuana!



After dinner we played games with all the kids. The first night we played Pictureka and one night we played Apples to Apples. We really want our children to have a love of family games and we all had a blast. Farrah even joined in and played. Each night after the kids went to bed the adults all played a game together. One night we played poker and the other night we played pig (Pig is like spoons only quieter). I haven't laughed that hard in so long. James hates playing pig but he was such a good sport. He says he can't do that many things at once....looking for you cards, passing cards and trying to look for the "pig." I love it!!



We had so much fun this weekend and it was so much fun. We all loved loving on everyone's kids and playing with them. We were sad to leave each other but we all know we will do this again for sure!

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