Cousin Time

This past week Myrna held the first annual Puzey Family Reunion.  Every family came and either slept in her house or pitched a tent in the yard!  Our boys were beyond excited to sleep in a tent for a whole week with their dad!! And since we don't have a tent big enough to fit all five of us I graciously opted out and slept in our very comfy bed!!  Emry bunked with Grandma on the couch in her sitting room except for the last night, Jared set up her own tent!  Ashton and Bowen slept in a tent together and Liam and Jonas tented with their dad!  It was very late nights but full of many lasting memories!!

Each morning we met for breakfast, one day it was cereal and toast, another was french toast, english muffins with egg and sausage, and pancakes another.  For lunch we had homemade pizzas, sandwiches on homemade bread, and grilled cheese sandwiches...one day we packed a picnic and took it to Little Bow where we enjoyed it on the beach!  Suppers were sloppy joes, sandwiches on the boat, ribs and steak, fire roasted hot dogs, and barbequed hamburgers!!  Myrna went to a lot of work before hand to ensure we had such yummy food!!  It was so much appreciated!

The week started on Sunday where everyone met at our church and Myrna, Lalainia and Rachel sang in Sacrament Meeting, they did such a beautiful job.  We had Jason's delicious ribs and barbequed steak for dinner and visited while the kids played.  Tents were set up and everyone went to bed in anticipation of what the rest of the week would entail!

Monday morning we had Ashton's famous pancakes and after the kids all tye dyed a shirt to wear with fond memories of the week they had!  Lunch was homemade pizzas and then time to get ready to go the lake for some boating fun!

The boat was a huge hit, Armin finally rode the tube by himself and Bowen even gave it a try.  We couldn't get Calum off of it and any chance one was available he was on it!  Cora tried water skiing and got up on her first try!  She looked great out there!  Leah and Emry spent the whole time in the water talking and doing handstands!  Liam built a sand city, and the little girls loved picking up rocks and touching the sand!  Ashton, Bowen and Blake had water gun wars, while the adults visited and watched all the fun being had!  Taking three trips back to the docks to get everyone off the beach made for a late night but we saw a beautiful sunset and enjoyed the hot weather well after dark!  We also said goodbye to Jason and Jared Hague as they had to get back to work!

Tuesday all the tye dye shirts were ready to wear and they all turned out amazing!  We had lunch and got everyone ready to go into the Champion Pool where the kids swam for a couple of hours!  After, everyone was famished and we had a quick supper before heading into Vulcan to watch a movie at the CRC!!  All the kids watched Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2, while eating popcorn and drinking pop!  After the movie was over Char stayed with the older kids to watch Man of Steel while we took the little ones home to bed!  Another late night!!

Wednesday was another day spent at the Champion Pool and painting memory boxes!! That night Emry, Ashton and Bowen watched National Treasure 2 while the little ones were put to bed.  After the movie they all went out to see the meteor shower and were rather amazed!  Another very late night, but so worth the memories!!  Rachel got her nail paraphernalia out each day to paint our nails...which was a real treat!

Thursday, the hottest day of the year at a whopping 37 degrees, we packed a picnic and headed to Little Bow where the kids played on the beach and swam!  It was soooooo hot!!  Jonas had a blast playing in the water.  Ashton and Bowen brought blow up boats and took the kids for rides to the dock!  It was quite an adventure getting to the lake!  I got a phone call from Lalainia just before I headed down the hill into Little Bow out of cell phone reception!  She told me Myrna had a flat tire and they were still in Champion.  I dropped of my van full of kids with Rachel and Char at the beach and headed back to town to pick up Myrna, Lalainia and their car full!!  They had the lunch so it was rather important that they get to the beach!!  After a very hot and exhausting day at the beach we headed home  where the kids made caterpillars and we had a wiener roast!  Cora had a game planned for all the kids and despite Calum's tears for not winning they all had a blast!  Char had a yummy smores treat for everyone, a waffle cone filled with mini marshmallows and chocolate chips of different flavours, milk chocolate, butterscotch or peanut butter! We watched a rather unique sunset, a bright red sun setting in the haze of smoke!

Friday was another day at the pool, a glow in the dark jelly fish craft and a barbeque with Jason and Jared Hague back!  Everyone packed up and headed home after a week filled with lots of fun and many memories made!  The cousins had so much fun playing together and they all seemed to play with each other at some time or another!  I look forward to next year and I love that the cousins are close and hopefully always will be.  I know having these yearly week long get togethers will help immensely!