This past weekend was super great!!! My mother came from a family of 8 children and boy have we multiplied!! There are 131 aunts, uncles and first cousins whom have most all married and have children. Out of this 131 people only one death has happened, which just boggles my mind. We have 5 generations in this family. Unfortunently not everyone could make it this weekend to the cabin in Parker Prairie Minnesota. My aunt Linda and uncle Mark have a cabin here on 300+ acres where we had fun playing yard games, four wheeling, swimming in their private lake, reconnecting with my cousins (whom I have not seen in 5+ years), eating popcorn(the best ever), and just plain having a great time. We came together to celebrate aunt Bev and uncle Terry's 50th wedding anniversary. I so wish Id have taken more pictures, but I had to much fun to stop and take pictures.
This is my grandma schmidt and her 5 daughters. Wish I had taken a picture of Grandpa and his 3 sons. Grandpa and Grandma have been married 68 years...we can't wait to all get together for their 70th wedding anniversary.
There were 5 four wheelers we could take and scout out the land. Lots of fun. Here is my cousin paul and his son Brady taking a load down to the lake to swim.
Elijah and Caden had a blast. They take this pontoon out to the middle of the lake where they have this raft anchored down. All around the lake is cat tails so you can't just swim out. This blue raft was a hit....
Uncle Mark and Aunt Linda also rented a bounce house and it was a hit too. Here is Sierra, Lauren, Elijah, Joy and (can't remember his name) jumping around.
Of course we had a campfire too. My cousin's Dave and Stacy and their daughter Whitney, Aunt Paulette and my mom sitting around warming up:).
Needless to say the boys were worn out...or should I say Caden was worn out!! We got into the van to leave one evening and before we were even a mile down the road this is what Caden looked like:). Nice make shift pillow he has.
Thanks for such a great time and we can't wait to spend more years with our family in Minnesota!!
After breakfast was a photo shoot with their backpacks. Happy little Caden!
Excited Elijah poses for yet another "first day" photo.
running for the bus:(. (my plan was to get down their early, and get a picture of both boys going onto the bus. However the bus came 15 minutes earlier than last year and came from a different direction too). So this is the only picture of them getting onto the bus. Im so bummed. Im glad we walked down early or we would have missed it all together. Guess this means that we will be getting up even earlier since the bus comes earlier!!
I love you boys!!! Happy First Day of School!!
