Family Reunion

We went to Matt's (mom's side's) family reunion this past weekend at Aunt Judy's cottage in Piedmont. Despite record low temperatures for July, we had a great time. There was quite a big turnout, and Annie had so much fun running around with her cousins. She spent a lot of her time looking for Mal and yelling "Mallory!" which sounded more like "Mawwowy!"

Shortly after we all arrived, the babies were corralled into the living room where they were supposed to take naps. Here are the three latest additions, Kate, Madelyn, and Adam, looking really excited for their first family reunion.

Once the great aunts and great grandmas were settled on baby duty, the "big kids" all headed down to the lake in the back of Joe's truck. Here's Annie and Uncle Ed enjoying the ride.

The "big kids" on the boat. Brady, Ella, Annie and Mallory.

Annie and Mal.

Annie driving the boat. (She was the worst of the kid drivers; she took us in a rather severe circle).

Annie and Matt on the boat

We were just boating along, having great fun...until the engine died. And we were stuck on the lake. We floated around for awhile, but finally decided there was no hope of it starting again. As Ella said, "Boat broke. All done." So Matt and Ed starting rowing. What guys.

Our heroes.

We eventually got near another boat, and the men were nice enough to tow us back to the dock. It was actually a pretty quick and painless experience, and is now just a fun story for the kids (and this blog). :)

After all the excitement, back on dry land.

Mallory and Annie trying out one of the cousin's (I think?) motorcycle. They've been informed that this was their first and last motorcycle experience.

Annie and Matt fishing. This lasted about 10 minutes and resulted in 0 fish. But she had a good time doing it!

Ella decided to take an impromptu dip in the water, soaking her clothes. Thus, she had to wear the only available, dry clothing we had down at the lake at the time--Kate's UofM sweatshirt. Somewhere in the Carolinas, while he was golfing, Matt Parke's head exploded. :)

Annie's first camping experience. She slept in the tent with Matt all night without incident!

Annie was filthy after her weekend of outdoor fun. This picture doesn't really do her justice, but check out the nice black ring around her band-aid. Gross.

Thanks for a great weekend Kascak family!