It's been a long time since we've gotten together with the extended Jones clan. Lake Tahoe seemed like the perfect meeting place. I drove over with Jen and we had fun chatting and texting boys. We then picked up Matt at the Reno airport and headed in to Tahoe.
The last time I was here was in college. Uncle Milt's cabin looked the same from the outside (don't you love the mormon mini-vans) but the inside had some major remodeling.
Here's what came out of all those mini vans!!
Chris got all the families together for pictures just like Aunt Marj used to do.
The first morning we went river rafting.
Laura started off in a boat with Dan and ended up switching with Kimball to ride with Jen and me. I think she was paddling wrong or maybe she just liked the song that Jen and I made up "rowing along".
Grandpa can't escape. Blake tells me that he was tying up some loose ends at work while waiting for all the rafts to roll in.
We headed to King's Beach to play and have lunch. Of course it was so much fun having all the cousins there to play with.
The kids loved the beach. Matt rented a canoe and took each kid for a ride.
Jackson and Cooper quickly became best friends,
Audrey and Zach created an amazing sand castle together,
and Blake and Tyler had fun catching crawdads, playing catch and just being silly.
The best part was the program that night where the Asays handed out crocheted hangers, Nanny goodie bags, and yellow roses in memory of Aunt Marilyn. We sang, talked, ate, laughed and cried; remembering old times and grateful for the new ones to come.
3 comments:
You all know that it was the song that got me to the other boat because I do everything perfectly:)
Wow! You guys do fun things for your family reunions!! I have only been to Lake Tahoe once and it was for our anniversary!!
River rafting!! My kids would have loved that!! Sure looks like you guys had a great time!! They are all growing up so fast!!
Can't wait to see you guys in a couple months for the Polar Express!! :)
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