Reunion Weekend

So, for the past 23 years my mom's family (all 7 kids plus cousins) have gotten together to celebrate being a family with our annual family reunion at Anderson Lodge in Cougar, Washington. In total we end up having around 50 people from the ages of 86 to -1(aka: still in the belly) make the trek to Cougar every year to enjoy food, family, games, and tons of conversation.

It's a wonderful way to keep in touch, even if people can't go every year, at least we know that there will always be that first weekend in August, or newly announced 2-3rd Monday-Tuesday in July where we can get together and make sure we don't miss a beat in each others lives. (Not everyone has a blog, or likes to shout to the world their daily rants- although, I don't know why!)

In any case, this year, as it was Shane's first year- he skipped out last year because of a bachelor party in Chicago- during our talent show (yes, you heard that right) he had to name every person in attendance. And he did it- all 40 aunts, uncles, cousins, 2nd cousins, 1st cousins once removed, he managed to remember every one's names... I am so lucky to have found someone that would 1. go to the reunion, 2. make an effort to meet everyone, 3. get up in front of a large group of new people and name everyone in the room with 100% accuracy! I may be the luckiest girl in the world...