We spent a lot of time just hanging out.
Games with cousins.
Imaginary play outside.
Deck swabbing.
Games at cousins houses. Apparently more than games happened at this house...the kids started to plan an epic play.
Kick the can is still the go-to game. A definite favourite! Usually there are two or three people "it" at a time, because to catch over 20 people is really hard.
We spent a lot of time visiting.
We also went for walk/bike rides.
Good exercise, excellent company!
We also had a professional photo shoot planned. After all, the big 50th anniversary was coming up this year, and this is the time when we have the most people in the family all together.
Grandpa and Grandma, 50 years.
More visiting.
With Easter comes the traditional last snowmobile outing of the year. Every truck and trailer got loaded up with every sled that was able to run.
We had even more sleds up this time! I didn't even count how many. We almost lost Philip when we headed off to explore after arriving at the cabin. Fortunately we found him back. Don't worry, he wasn't really lost, just got stuck way back on the trail and couldn't get past a really chewed up spot on the trail.
I got a tour of my brothers really cool "man cave". Lots of chainsaws, blades, and artifacts.
More games of kick the can.
The grand finale happened on Sunday. We used the church building to have a potluck dinner. The kids put on a great play, complete with a beautiful program and several acts.
It included The Boy who Cried Wolf
Little Red Riding Hood
Peter and the Wolf and The Three Little Pigs. The common thread being the Big Bad Wolf. We all really enjoyed the play. I was especially thrilled to discover that I happened to have such fine acting talent in the family. Undiscovered until now.
What fun!! And then we had to say goodbye. Because we have to head back home this week. We even had to say goodbye to Nathan. Grandma and Grandpa will be leaving with him heading west to Terrace while we head east. Nathan is off to spend 5 weeks in Korea, while we take the 48 hour drive back to Ontario.
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1 comment:
I'm glad they had a bike your size, lol.
It looks like all the kids put a lot of effort into that play. That must have taken quite the united effort to pull that off. I am thinking Matthew was the big bad wolf....
You wrote it was your parents' fortieth. Shouldn't that read fiftieth? Otherwise I have some questions, lol.
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