Sunday, September 15, 2013

McMullin Family Fondness 2013

In the second week of August, we drove down to Raymond for a week of fun times with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.






















With so many people gathered together (I counted 15 adults and 16 kids), we ate most of our meals in the backyard - luckily we had great weather and not very many mosquitoes either.

We did all kinds of fun activities together.  One day we went swimming at the Raymond outdoor pool.






















Another time, the ladies headed into Lethbridge for some dessert at Moxie's and so the Dads took the kids out to the edge of town and they all had fun with our rocket blaster.




Another day, we went to Waterton.  I took this picture of some black bears from our car window.

After lunch at Emerald Bay, we drove up to Red Rock Canyon and some of the adults along with most of the kids hiked up the canyon for a few hours.  My ankle still wasn't healed completely so I sat at the beginning of the canyon and slept/knitted and was only slightly jealous of the fun hike I was missing.

The infamous log jam that I had to get piggy backed under when I broke my ankle was a little different now, a month and a half later.  The water was higher now or else the log jam had extra logs added to it but instead of crawling under, you now had to go over it.






















Back at the townsite, everyone played while supper was prepared and after supper, we sang Happy Birthday to Renna since it was her 4th birthday.  Then there was canoeing (of course) until it was too dark and we had to go home.








Another day (and probably the hottest day of the week), we went to Writing on Stone.  There's a nice sandy beach on the Milk River that was great for cooling off and after dinner there was even time for a short walk through the hoodoos.
























The last day of our reunion was Spencer and Hannah's wedding reception in the backyard.  There was much work to be done to prepare so some of the parents took the kids into Lethbridge to go see a movie and then play at Henderson Park (and keep them out from underfoot while the other parents helped get ready for the reception).





The reception was undoubtedly the most kid-friendly reception I've ever been to - all the kids had a blast.  There were unlimited sno-cones and cotton candy for all, as well as lots of other delicious food, and there was a huge bouncy slide to play on.  Look carefully at the photos and you'll see all the kids have blue lips from all the sugary treats they were eating.
















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