The hardest part about camping was setting up camp and breaking it down. That takes a lot of work, but thanks to my dad and all of his hard work and my mom and her great baby watching we were able to accomplish it all in relatively good time....We were only there about 2 1/2 hours longer breaking down than everybody else! :)
The whole reunion was so fun and the kids just couldn't get enough. We spent a lot of time at the camp with the kids just running rampant and getting to know each other. We were also able to take them to the lake, out on a boat (thanks to Mitch and my Dad), and out on the river on rafts. Each evening we had a fun game to play and during the days the girls organized fun entertainment for the kids...dinosaur digs, pirate treasure hunts and Olympic games...all of which my kids are so into. Thanks to all of the girls for the idea and organization of it all. We have decided to make our family reunion a camp out every year! Did I say, "we had so much fun"? WE DID!
The kids are preparing for their dinosaur dig. They were all so intense about it! Great job Edie! I don't have anymore pictures of the other kids activities, but I am hoping Luke will send them soon.
The kids are all digging to find a dinosaur bone. I wonder if they thought this was real?
After the dinosaur hunt! Carter, Chase, Sawyer, Avery, Garrett, Parker.
Kaycee, Lance, Parker & Carter
Teeka & Cienna napping in the stroller. I was so glad that I took this stroller. The tent was way to hot for them to sleep there during the day and this worked out perfect. 
Garrett is our little fish out of water. He loves to swim and wanted to go to the water everyday. He is getting to be a good little swimmer, but maybe a little over confident sometime:) You go boy!
What a poser. I love this picture of Sawyer. He just couldn't get enough posing time this trip!
I'm not sure what Chase is doing? I was trying to get him to smile, but this is the best he could do. How cute!
Avery is on a mission...to see if she can drift out to sea! And we as parents didn't even notice...maybe that is why Uncle Loren was lecturing. Thank goodness for life vests and a brave little girl!
Tiffany and Kaeson...Love the hair!
Grandpa and his girls...Cienna and Avery. There is just something about little girls! Maybe because we only have 3 out of 12! We are not giving up girls!
Teeka loves to get dirty and she does it as often as she can...funny...the boys aren't into getting dirty, but Teeka...Well, look for yourself!
Marcus, worn out and tired. What a sweet little mama's boy. I can't wait to see what his personality is like when he is about 4 years old. I bet super sweet!
Edie, Carter, and Luke. I love that the boys were able to have some bonding time with Carter. We don't get to see them much and by the end of the trip they all pretty much had each other figured out and did well together. Love you Carter...you crack me up!
Chase being some kind of water monster. The boys got really comfortable in the water on this trip. That is a huge accomplishment!
Relaxing in the shade. Leah is taking some well deserved "me" time!
Grandma wasn't feeling super good on this trip, so she spent a lot of time in the screen tent with the babies, which came in extremely handy, and in the shade relaxing the best she could. Hope we didn't wear her out too much. We love you Grandma!
This picture is hard to see, but Luke is in the water, Kaycee swinging from the rope, and Lance is on the cliff. The boys had a great time swinging from this rope and Kaycee has no fear...although she only did this once and this picture is taken right before she belly flopped! It was great!:)LOL
Lance and Luke "testing out this cliff" to make sure it is safe for us girls to jump off of....Is that safe?
Lance, Parker, Garrett & Avery awaiting our rafting trip. This trip was so much fun! I wish everybody could have gone.
Chase and Sawyer. Sawyer is posing again! Nice face buddy!
I was actually trying to get a picture of Mitch here. He dodges pictures all the time. Obviously I still wasn't fast enough, but it is still cute of Luke and Carter!
Loren and Garrett on the rafting trip. We had 2 rafts and at the end of the trip Avery and Garrett were in a race with the other raft to make it to shore first. They were so excited and it was so cute how hard they were working.
Love the smile Chase...and what kind of pose it this one Sawyer? I love that face!
That was such an awesome weekend! We had so much fun, and we miss you guys like crazy!
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