An adventure of a reunion!

Andy and I returned Monday from our annual Wyne reunion. (Sorry it took me so long to post.) Anyway, there's way too much to talk about and if I wrote it all down you might be here till next Monday reading. So I decided to just make quick notes of favorites... and not so favorites.

Not so favorites:

• Finding out there was a mouse nest in one of Sarah's mattresses. (I really don't know how you did it! I would've left right then and there! It still made my skin crawl!)
• Hearing the mice scratching at night
• climbing into our bed with only about 18-24 inches of head room (we put an air mattress on top of the mattresses provided on the bottom bunk due to a guard rail on the top bunk.)
• the bugs and flies
• seeing a mouse in the bathroom!!!
• no water from Friday night till Saturday afternoon
• Being really sore from running 10 miles in an hour and a half
• trying to contain my children in the lodge during pictures just so they wouldn't dump dirt on their heads... again!
• Finding a half eaten Starburst IN MY BED!
• Sleeping in the car the last night because the thought of a mouse in my bed was enough for me... I would've gone home had the girls been awake.
• Getting sunburned and looking like a lobster even after applying sunscreen twice!
• Andy committing us for next year's reunion
• Andy losing his wedding ring while golfing

Favorites:

• visiting with everyone
• watching Andy climb into bed... ha, ha!
• playing kickball in the rain (why does it rain every time I go camping?) even with a horrible "kickball"
• smores
• yummy food
• Shelby's reaction when she opened her gift from Katie, "Mooooommmmyyy! I got a Barbie!!!!"
• Katie's reaction when she opened her gift from Shelby. It was the perfect gift of a cell phone and a pair of sunglasses. She doesn't let them leave her sight... even at church!
• Minute to win it--- watching Lisa try and suck up the M&M. I couldn't stop laughing.
• going on a nature hike to see this amazing tree and being able to talk to Maria for a long time... she lives far away and we only see them at the reunion.
• doing tie-dye shirts, and having purple tinted hands for a week
• playing family feud, Koenig style
• seeing everyone run around in their capes and masks for Brown's activity
• seeing how well the cousins get along--- I hardly saw Ashley and Sammy the whole time we were there.
• playing indoor "Wyne" which is the game "spud" but I just changed the name for the night.
• Running 10 miles with Amy and Emily
• Seeing the result of Katie dumping dirt on her head. I would touch her hair and a cloud of dust would poof! She looked blond!
• playing horseshoes and winning every time... that really was because of Andy.
• Lava Hot Springs
• Cafe Rio twice in one week! Mmmm! It's my favorite!!!

Funny things said:

• (Andy to me) Did you have a running dream last night? Your feet kept twitching, and they would alternate. (I think I was just wigged out by the mice.)
• (Ashley) Mommy, I was so fweaked out by the skunk. I thought they were only in books and movies. I didn't know they came to life. I was so fweaked out.
• (Sammy) Mom, this place is not like our house at all! There is dirt everywhere! Our place only has grass. And there is no carpet!
• (Sammy when we returned home) Awe, carpet feels nice.

All in all we did have a good time, but I don't know if I will venture there again. If I were guaranteed there wouldn't be any mice then maybe I would consider it... but I really hate those little creatures! Or maybe I would just bring a tent. Thanks for planning Dana, I know that was a lot of work and we appreciate it!