Monday, August 25, 2008

Family Reunion Pics

Cameron after the tubing.

Some good old-fashioned fun!




Here's a small snapshot of the way we filled up the pool! Thank goodness we rented it!





Brianna and Ashlyn having a great time on the waves.

The Crazy and Fun Winters Reunion


At the end of the summer, we all - as in all I mean Curtis' seven brothers and sisters and their families, plus a foster sister and her family- made the trek to Craig, Colorado to have our family reunion at Jeana's new home. Her husband finally finished his medical residency in general surgery and they were finally settled down, so she was excited to host this mammoth crowd. We stayed there for four days -in which time I hardly saw Jeffrey and Brianna. They were so busy playing with their cousins- Brianna with Ashlyn, her only girl cousin that is close in age, and Jeffrey with Jacob, Mason, Jack, Dylan, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. There are a lot of boy cousins in that age group. Jeana said that the final head count was fifty-five. As you can imagine, food preparation was around the clock, every bed and every floor space was used, and we doubled the people in attendance at church. While we were there, we got to tube down the Yampa River for a mile or two. That was so fun that we decided to do it again the next day. We were quite the crowd! After we were at the take out point, Candice, Aleece, Jeanette, and I decided to just let the current take us down the river , get up, walk against the current, and do it again. It was lots of fun and quite a work out! We also went to a wave pool that we completely filled and went to a gymnastics place where the competitions common to the boy heavy Winters family took place. Of course we also talked, visited, and talked some more!