Monday, August 24, 2009

Weekend with family!

A few weekends ago we went to Chris' parents for a little family get together. Some of Linda's family came in from Ohio - so it was a FULL house! 25 of us - 11 kids and 14 adults. It was such a fun weekend, with lots of yummy food, games, swimming, tubing, a slide show in the back yard and a camp fire to roast marshmallows on every night!! I know our kids had a blast. We didn't see Allie all weekend- she was too busy having fun with all the cousins! A big thank you to the Yoders for hosting such a fun weekend!Bill giving all the kids and Pete a hayride.

Some of the food!
PJ, Brian, Chris, Bethany, Alex and Luke.

The breakfast crew. Bill was the head chef - making 50 some eggs and cooking a pound of bacon for each family. That would be 6 lbs. per morning! Yeah, we didn't go hungry!

Friday we went down to the park so the kids could go swimming. It was cool, but they still had fun!



"Boy, this soda sure hits the spot!"
Heading out for a day of tubing.
All the girls - Allie, Sydney, Izzy, Leah, Natalie and Josie.
The gang!

Tubing time!


And we're off!

The tubes all loaded up on Bill's trailer.


Luke and Alex building a fire.
Leah, Allie and Izzy.

Adam and Blake enjoying their breakfast.
More eating!



Allie and Adam with Grandma D.
Time for goodbyes! :(
Kim and Matt packing up in the pouring rain!

Since there were so many of us, a few of the families slept outside in tents. Allie and Adam loved it - it was our 1st time "camping" as a family.

Our cozy tent.
On our way home we stopped at my parents to have lunch and for Chris to meet Ashleigh's Steve. Steve and Ashleigh got engaged in July - getting married next August. Everyone in the family had met Steve but Chris - Ashleigh was saving the best of last! :) Right, Ash?!
Here is Maddax with Grandma Sally. Isn't he a chunk - such a happy baby and cute as can be

Some of the gang at mom and dad's. Good seeing everyone - what a fun weekend!

4 comments:

Earl and Gail said...

What a fun get together! Looks like you guys had a blast. Loved all the pics.

Anonymous said...

Enjoyed all the pictures Chelly. Looks like you all had a lot of fun at the yoders. Wish i was closer so i could be with you all, but so far away. Guess buddy and i will have to make our own entertainment.You are getting sor far ahead od Erin in reference to blogging. Ha.
Love,
G-dad-K

Vicki & Bruce said...

Thanks for all the updates! Enjoyed seeing you all having fun making memories! Allie & Adam are so photogenic!

lindsey said...

i cant wait to see you guys on monday and i like the pictures