Our Fife reunion always falls close to my birthday in August. It is so fun to celebrate with my family. Mom saves her last raspberry picking to make raspberry cheesecake for my birthday every year, my favorite. YUM! We stayed at the Serenity Lodge again this year. It was a great retreat and time to spend together.
Kalene and I are in charge of planning different activities for our weekend. She helped the kids make these fun white hats that they personalized with glitter glue, paint, sequins, feathers and more. The kids wore them all over but especially liked them on our hike. We picnicked at Coffee Pot campground before setting out for Coffee Pot Falls. Tal needed a 3 mile hike for his Webelos badge so we turned it into a family affair. The trail wound gently along the edge of the river but Leah and Eva tired quickly and had to be piggy backed along. So when we hit the 1.5 mile mark we turned around and headed back. Mom and Dad set off on the forest road to view the falls in their Explorer but the deeply rutted road proved to much for our mini-van and the Meeks had to turn back.
A family favorite each reunion is our night of Minute to Win-It games. This year we tried a couple of new ones. This one, Elephant March, got everyone involved and proved quite laugh inducing.
Mom and Dad square off to knock the cups down.
Jared and Kris taking their whack at it.
Next up was "Sucking Face" where competitors used straws to suck up and deposit their beans into a smiley face shape. We laugh and laugh at and with each other and have a great time.
The kids always clamour to get in the hot tub. The little ones have to get out sporadically when their cheeks get to rosy. Kris and I like to take our hot tub time at night when the air is cool and the stars are out.
Sunday morning we all spiffed up to go to church together. The Island Park overflow meeting out of the A-Frame is always a different, but good, experience from our own home wards.
On the way home we stopped by Big Springs to see the big fish but they were hiding under the bridge. After the kids poked their toes in the water we loaded up and headed for home.
Aug 15-18 2013
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