Loving Life: Minor Family Reunion

Friday, July 1, 2011

Minor Family Reunion

Aaron and I just got back from a fun weekend at Joe Wheeler State Park in Alabama. Every year, we get together with my grandmother's siblings and their children and grandchildren for a very extended family reunion. We have a few locations in the mix. I've only been going for a couple of years, but so far we've done the lake (Joe Wheeler), the beach (Gulf Shores), and the mountains (Smokey).

We always have a great time getting together and enjoying whatever the location provides.

We stayed in these cute little brick cabins right on the the lake. They were a tad bit retro on the inside...

We were only able to reserve a boat for the 1st half of the day (8-12), so early Saturday morning we headed over to the Marina and hopped on the boat. It was still a little to chilly to get in the water at that time.. but it definitely warmed up enough.

Michael

That's my brother

Aaron and I out enjoying the boat ride

Beautiful lake scenery

James

cute cute cousin, loves the water

The family enjoying their time on the lake. :)

We found a rope swing that we were pretty excited about, but the water ended up being too shallow.

After the lake, we all headed over to the pool for a little more fun. We didn't stay too long, because shortly after, the giant black storm clouds rolled in.

James especially loved the pool area.

Saturday night is always the big get-together. This year we all grilled out steaks and hung around the cabin. The cousins also went on a deer search.

These are the deer we found on our deer search.

This is the deer we saw while driving to the cabin.

Grilling squash

Jr. Howells and Michael

Green Crocs everywhere!

All the little kiddos watching a movie.

Family enjoying the deck with the lake views.

On Sunday, we got up and had family church before loading up the cars to head to lunch and then home. We had a little bit of spare time, so we stopped by to see the dam.