Thomas Family Reunion 2009

The annual Thomas family reunion was held from July 26th-29th @ Pineview Reservoir. We arrived on Sunday afternoon, set up camp, had dinner and sat around the fire. Most of David's family was able to join us, Eldon/Linda and family, Vickie/Dorain and family, Kim/Rochelle and family, Kerry/Irene and family, Merlin/Adrienne and family, Jerrod/Angela and family. Jayme/Sabine and girls live in CA and could not make it and Jennifer/Pete and family had kids starting school this week and didn't want to forgo the first week of school.

Monday was great fun, we headed down to the beach and swam for most of the day. I was sitting on the beach with the baby for most of the time. I am not a cold water swimmer!!!! But I did get antsy when I saw the brothers launching everyone in the air. I laid the sleeping baby in the play pen and ran out into the water! The boys launched me and I returned to my days as a dancer, I did a toe touch in mid-air before splashing into the cold water below! The second launch was not as successful because the boys forgot how to count!?!?!? I landed on the back, ouch! Andi was tossed into the air as well and laughed going in, coughed coming up! Taylan enjoyed playing water wars with his cousins and Brenaya loved splashing around. Janalise is definitely a water-child she went in running and came out shivering but crying!

Monday night was the Luau, we enjoyed marinated chicken with fruit, rice and rolls. I put together the games and activities for the evening. I found a web page that shows how to translate names from English to Hawaiian; the Hawaiian language only has 13 constants and 5 vowels. Prior to the reunion I translated all 65 family members names and created a game where everyone had to guess which Hawaiian name belonged to which family member. The kids were sent on a treasure hunt using the story of the first luau. A hula hoop contest and limbo bar made for a fun filled night. Original Hawaiian games were set up for everyone to enjoy and the big finale was a hula performed by the grand-daughters, a title IV dance by the grand-sons and the brothers performed the Haka dance. We had a lot of fun!

Tuesday brought more swimming and just sitting back on the beach, a volleyball tournament and horseshoe tournament. Hot dog roast and S'mores.

Wednesday we packed up the camp and just hung around until check out time. The guys finished a game of horseshoes and the girls loved the hula hoops and volleyball court sand!

What a great weekend...........I will try to download pics from David's phone later tonight!