Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Family Reunion: Day 2...actually 3

My mom's family has a cabin in Twain Harte...a little over an hour drive. The family reunion relocated for a day! It was good to smell that memorable pine smell of the mountains! The kids explored then we had lunch. Then, my brothers rigged up the pulley/zip line. It was a hit! They said Damon was the first kid to go down and just hopped up there and rode it down like a pro. He even went down one time without hooking his foot in the strap...he did that on purpose!



Some of the kids liked going down with their dads. Tommy loved it, but then Barrett let him go down by himself too! I didn't have my camera then. I think most of the big people went down too...I did it once...my mom went down too!



A little ways up the mountain is Pinecrest Lake. Our family has many memories there too. My brothers and cousins used to cliff jump there, we'd rent motorboats, there's a fun hike all the way around the lake, and Kim (or Jenny...can't remember) almost drowned in the lake when she was little...memories. So, all of us without napping children, went to Pinecrest. We didn't quite have a good plan...but it ended up ok. Some of us started a mini hike around the lake and some rented motorboats. We all caught up to each other and all had turns on the boats. Some even swam and played in the cold water.









We were really grateful for the moms who stayed behind and got dinner ready for us when we arrived...we were all hungry!! The kids played around outside and we had ice cream sandwiches. We had a devotional by Spence then tidied up the cabin and headed home. I think all the kids fell asleep on the way home...at least ours did:)

3 comments:

Ainsley said...

oh that looks like so much fun! looks like an action packed reunion. cailin missed her cousins... i pulled up a picture on the computer of the kids and Cailin pointed and said, "tommy." she loves him.

Linda said...

Thank you for sharing. That looks like the memories will last forever. How touching.

Thomas Weed said...

Amy
Thanks for the memories! Wow! Did we really do all of that? You're still in the running for Favorite Daughter, now maybe you can also be Favorite Family Historian, too.