Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Hall Family Reunion, Take 1

Jon and I spent last week in Big Bear, California with ALL of Jon's family. It was half reunion, half celebration of his parents 50th wedding anniversary. All 9 of the kids were there with their families and it was SO MUCH FUN to be all together and hanging out for a few days. The weather was awesome, the company was hilarious and just the fact that we were ON A VACATION made the whole experience one we will never forget.
Big Bear Lake
One of the days was spent at the lake with almost the whole gang. Pax played in the biggest sand box he has ever seen, I got a horrible sunburn and we all had a blast.
This is Pax saying "where is she?" while he was looking for me

Most of the gang, minus that kid right smack in the middle. No clue who he is.

Pax playing with his daddy

Pax and Lucy playing together. These two are going to be so fun to watch over the next few years!

And of course, us :)
On the last night we had a talent show. Jon has some amazingly talented sisters who sing and harmonize beautifully, as well as quite a few crafty members who came up with the cutest/funniest acts. We did commercials between skits, telling jokes and short little acts to entertain while in stage transition.
here's the group, all crammed into the family room of the cabin we stayed in.

Jon's dad spoke for a while at the end, and Pax walked up to say hi to his grandpa. 

The house/cabin we stayed in was so cool! It had 9 bedrooms, all of which had an attached full bath which made it so comfortable. It also came equipped with a pool table, air hockey, foosball, and (everyone's favorite) a Ms Pac Man machine. The men hogged it from the kids most of the time, trying to claim the highest score. Who knew we had so many closet Pac Man pros in the family!
A rare moment that Pax was able to play. He loved watching people play and actually figured it out, kinda.

4 comments:

Jayson, Kim, and Lotta Carlson said...

This looks and sounds like it was a really fun time! You guys really deserved a vacation like this. Glad you got to go!

Tina said...

We loved your commercials! Your pictures of Pax at the swim beach are adorable...

mmg said...

Yes, the commercials were great. The whole thing was awesome. Yesterday, Pax called me on the phone. I'm not exactly sure how he did that. He is fabulous.

Jeff and Lindsey said...

leeeeese! love the pic of you 3 on the beach!

hope to see you soon