Family Reunion = Lots of fun!

On the September long weekend we had a family reunion on my mom's side of the family. It was a great time and my mom put a lot of work into organizing the whole thing. She rented this really nice campground along Lac St. Anne just outside of Edmonton with Cabins and everything. Some people brought their trailers and some stayed in the cabins. We had a big open space where my sister organized bocce tournaments and there was a beach volleyball court where Marlys organized beach volleyball tournaments too. We also had a talent show on saturday night and then later on there was a really big storm, so we squished into the main cabin where my cousin Allison and I played guitar for everyone to sing along to. My Grandparents just love hymns, so we did that for them. It was just a great weekend full of family and fun. We were only missing 5 members of the whole side. Talk about a turn out! anyways, here are some pictures of the great weekend.Carmen, Christine and Jeanine singing "Sisters" for us at the Talent show. Be aware...these glasses made multiple appearances throughout the weekend.Carmen organized games for the kids...and the adults!Including spousal wheel barrow races :)Cousins and teammates in the three legged racesome of the men taking a break from the riveting horseshoe tourney. From left: Kyle, James, Uncle Mur, and Trevor. Kyle and Trevor are the tallest of the whole family with Trevor only beating Kyle by an inch at 6'4. Just a tidbit of trivia :)Grandma absolutely loved all of her great-grand babies. This one was the newest I believe.some good mother-in law/son-in-law bonding, talking about make-up and whatnot!Sisters...Can you tell them apart?And of course Evan (left) and Andon had to get in on it too.And the two that started it all. From these two came 6 kids, 20 grandchildren (not including spouses, only 6 of us aren't married) And 17 great granchildren, and still many more great grandchildren to come! Without them and God's hand in their lives, I know my family most likely would not be where they are today. My dad's side of the family became christians because they saw the difference in my dad after he became a christian shortly after marrying my mom. Amazing what two lives completely given over to God can do. Needless to say it was a wonderful and great weekend! So much fun, and so wonderful to see each other again.

Until next time! Kisses!