There used to be a one-man play called The Farley Family Reunion. He would play all the parts of the random distant relatives that show up at a very Mormon, country-type reunion (LaVerle and Edwina for example). And because we were legit Farleys, our tickets were comp'ed when we went. Sweet.
This year was the first year that my siblings and mom had a reunion away somewhere together. We rented a cabin at Bear Lake. Check out this view ....
Pretty cool. We had 13 cousins, 8 siblings & spouses and 1 happy grandma. At least, when the sheer noise didn't overwhelm her. :) Most of the days were spent boating. Thank to the Blakes who brought their boat!
Paige tried water skiing for the 1st time. At first it didn't seem so hard ...
... but then it was harder than it looked. :)
Quinn & Heather came up at the end of the week with Sofi & Jake. So glad they could come!
Back at the cabin .... We painted nails to our hearts' content. This was only a small sampling of colors.
Maddie had just returned from India and tried out her new henna skills on all of us....
We had daily guitar time with Christian & Jake, iPad games, real games, puzzles, cards, naps, sleep outs on the deck and the loft, giant group meals, daily raspberry shake runs ... Total blast.
Laughing at how huge these giant decorative apples are ...
We all hiked through the Minnetonka Cave nearby. 440 stairs (good times!) but we all survived -- even my mom and me. :)
It was Raspberry Days at Bear Lake and Mike insisted that we try a Raspberry Shake at every joint near Bear Lake.
Each of us 4 siblings' youngest children. Which kid goes to which adult?
My sister, Kelly, wrote a sweet blog about our reunion, too. Check it out.
2 comments:
Oh, how fun!! This looks like one awesome family get-together. Love the boat! GOOD TIMES!! And the raspberry shakes! AH!
Don't forget, my Williams family is HUGE Farley Family fans. (I don't blame you if you forgot. I don't think we've talked about it for like 20 years. ha) "Thanks fer all ya think and all ya do and all ya think ya do." AND, BTW, my sister and her hubby were out here a couple months ago and when they went out to the church sites in Palmyra, you will NEVER guess who was in their group. James Arrington! No joke. They were too embarrassed to say anything to him or get a picture or anything, but my bro-in-law kept leaning over to my sister saying stuff like, "Wheat's up."
Don't blame me if my blog looks very similar to yours, including the Farley Family Reunion reference.
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