We had some new families join us this year: The Kellys, The Baldas, The Halls, and The Grotons. They had a great time and are already "in" for next year. We also spent a fair amount of time talking about an early October "Halloween" group camping trip that we'll try to organize. It is so nice to do things in big groups with other families and make these annual traditions. I kept thinking this weekend how this will the something that our kids always remember.
As usual, the kids a had a blast at the hotel. The movie theatre room has been closed, so when we checked in and found that out , Bob and I ran to Target and bought some games. We hardly needed them. The kids were joyous just being together running around the lobby. We did get in a few games of Twister and the bucket of army men staged a fine western front in the dining room. The hotel was awesome as usual and let us totally take over the lobby area which we utterly destroyed. By the end of the night there was enough food on the floor to feed a family of four. As the night wore on, things quieted down and I observed this trio in the corner:
It seemed that everyone dragged out their Leapsters, DS's, and Connor his iPod for a mini gaming convention.
On top of the winter fun, everyone surprised us with a baby shower on Saturday night. We were shocked and grateful. Carole Baird made an AWESOME red velvet cake that Connor talked about all the way home yesterday. And we got some truly sweet and lovely gifts for our little future tuber. (Hmmm....a Tater IS a tuber, come to think of it!)
Because it was so cold, the tubing runs were FAST this year. Down at the end you can see those black spots....those are rubber mats in the runs to slow the tubers down. Bob actually hit the rear fence twice.
And here's our annual group shot! I was pretty jealous watching everyone this year...next year Bob and I are switching off with that baby and I'm getting in some fun, too!!
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