In my efforts to keep up with all of our traveling and family events, I'm now on Memorial Day Weekend, the designated Bates Family Reunion. All of my siblings and their spouses and children, as well as my parents, crash at the cabin for the weekend. Amazingly, we still like each other by the time it's all said and done. That's saying a lot considering the sleeping arrangements are for 26 people, one of whom is pregnant. The kids would love it if we just let them run wild (who's to say we don't). Cousins are great that way. You don't need your personal space as much until you hit puberty. We better enjoy the next few reunion while we can.
We maximized the number of females under nine years of age that you should sanely drive with on one four-wheeler. I'm not included in the under nine category, or the sane part either.
Even Luke and Layne got to enjoy the great outdoors for a while.
Becky's theme this year was "Indiana Jones." Kimball's demonstrating the whip challenge in this shot.
We had a great time, and as always, I took way too many pics to post. Don't worry, Scott. I have some great ones of you with your peacock feathers that I will use as blackmail at some future date (imagine evil laughter in the background).
2 comments:
Those are some great shots. The one of Kimball is especially intense. I love our family reunions and the other times we get to spend at the cabin. This week, Mom, Dad, Tyler, Micah & I get to spend Tuesday-Thursday up there. It might be a little quieter, but it will still be great!
We had a great time. We are so blessed with such a wonderful family. You make it fun for the kids.
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