Things I learned at the reunion:
Yeah, we should have rented the cow.
If Scott gets tired of his current job, he could be a great lounge singer.
Kids can actually consume hundreds of smarties with no apparent negative effect.
If you mix and match cars with your brother's, and put the "small bladders" in one car and the nursing baby in the other, you will arrive home within 1 minute of each other, 11 hours later (on an 8.75 hour trip.)
Grandparents leaving 15 minutes later and taking scenic "shortcuts will arrive 3 minutes after you do.
30 kids actually *can* spend a whole week together and get along great!!
When feeling overwhelmed with planning a reunion, delegate all the organizing to Karine and the activities to Julia, and then sit back and take credit for the best reunion ever.
If you put several adults and a few primeros on the deck shooting off a potato gun, after a few good blasts you'll find the men with huge grins on their faces.
When you're really worried about the family being grumpy and too hot, the weather may get back at you with a good snowfall in June.
Leave the reunion first.
Watch out for any group called "Dynamos"
It's pretty fun sitting around a great room discussing large amounts of money.
If you're a piano and see Uncle Jonathan coming, be afraid.
Primeros were born to wander around looking wise and above everything. . . and then, if they're OUR primeros, never above playing with a baby or comforting a toddler.
Some slides are so fun, they're worth arm burns!
Second children have a great sense of humor and a lot of patience with serious experimenting.
It would help everyone's stress level a lot if the men could just get together every night and hit a ball around with too-small sticks
I love being with my family. They're the funniest, most interesting, most enjoyable people I've ever met. And they do a great job choosing spouses I love and producing kids that are amazing!
And, when you're in a cleaning pinch, always remember to grab some tokens and call Ryan.
9 comments:
Sheesh...I'm wiping a tear from my eye. I really am sorry that we couldn't do more cleaning before we left (we would have, but the bathroom door was blocked by a huge pile of sand!) Thanks for posting!
Cecily,
It was a great reunion! We are sorry we had to leave early. But we are looking forward to the next one!
I thought it was great to leave early-- all the fun and none of the cleaning!
It doesn't get any better, until Stu and Adrianne come too. We missed them.
What a great reunion. (I'm keeping the tokens and Ryan handy.)
Wait...was I one of the ones that left early? KARINE left early? Who cleaned up? That was a hilarious post and I'll love you forever for the video of Scott. Great reunion. Nice job, Cec!
I don't know who cleaned up, but we can find neither Ryan, any tokens, nor the remaining contents of the store. However, we just got our whole deposit back in the mail.
Seriously, have you ever heard of a family reunion where there were heaps of delicious food, no squabbles, and so much fun being had that two pairs of grandparents from the "other side" couldn't resist showing up, too? Our kids and their spouses are the very greatest ever.
It was so fun to stop by and see so many Campbells in one spot! It looks like it was a whole lot of fun. I just love family!
Great reunion and fun post!
The only regret is that I didn't get to paint your toes.
I don't know what Scott is doing your blog...
Hey, I was late to this points, but still loved it. It was a fabulous reunion; we had a great time. Not a better family anywhere. Now if we could only get the orthodontist to take tokens.
Oh my gosh. I never realized. There are NINE of you now. Amazing!
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