Family Reunion-McLaughlin Style!

Well, the much anticipated McLaughlin Family Reunion Extravaganza was last weekend (okay, beginning on Wednesday, but whatev.) We had a GREAT time...eating, boating, jetskiing, wakeboarding, tubing, chatting, campfiring, singing, gaming, smores-ing...AWESOME!

Things to remember: (these are mostly for my documentation...as you won't understand most of them...but I wanted them to be written down somewhere!)

Woodstove's stories

Name that #1 song

Carter falling in potty at Sneeky Pete's (he's still talking about it)

Everyone wakeboarding (my awesome face-plant)

Ruth's near-death experience (scary)

Dancing at Go Fish (Carl playing drums and booking Matt and I a gig-really, he did!)

Pull-tab lotto tickets with Landon

Naked Carter in the Gator (isn't he a little too old for this???)

old dog Max playing with Carter in the pool

Ruth "posing" in pictures (just like I taught her!!!)

Dad's gift $$$ for his sisters...not pinecone art! yay!

Aunt Beth's herkies (is that how you spell it?)

We didn't miss one single train that went by!

Julius family farm's sweet corn, Aunt Beth's deviled eggs, Grandma Ruby's cucumber salad recipe, Mom's pork tenderloin, Ruth's potato salad...all the food was delish!

On to the pictures:

Carl and me by the campfire with Aunt Barbie's headlamp. We LOVED borrowing it!

Laura and Matt...still BFF's!
Brandon, LOVE this pic of you!
Campfire gang on Thursday night!
Tyler playing inside waiting for the rain to go away...
Tristan waiting, also.
Family game time while it's raining!
The boys LOVED Max the dog!!!

Grandma Sue and Tyler.
Tristan and Daddy.
Uncle Larry "Woodstove" flipping off the FUNSTATION...
Aunt Beth and Dad on the red jetski!
Aunt Connie eating lunch with the babies.
Me and my Daddy.
Carter and his Daddy. Don't you LOVE that Funstation???
Blair and Captain Carl (she's practically family...)
Carter helping Grandma Sue stay cool by spitting water onto her leg. He's so helpful!
Aunt Barbie giving kisses...she loved taking care of my boys all weekend!
Sisters-Nicole and Laura. We had so much fun catching up!
Mike learning to wakeboard!
Brandon learned, too!
The pontoon group!
Landon was pretty good, also!
The wakeboarding crew watching Landon go!
Dad and Grandma Kay feeding the boys before bedtime...
The scene that weekend...love the pose, Aunt Ruth!!!
Big boy holding his bottle. Now, I need to get them off the bottle. ugh. Always a struggle.
We DID take a big, group photo, but Uncle Larry took it on his camera, so I'll post it when it's e-mailed to me.

We had a great weekend! Thanks to everyone for pitching in with the cooking and cleaning and the taking care of my boys. I appreciate it!

You know it was a successful weekend if you're more tired when it's over than you were before it started...and we were all EXHAUSTED! IT WAS AWESOME!