This years cheney reunion went great. With all of the planning and preparations for it we knew it would be. Everyone was able to make it (except Bradley on his mission)
This year, since the familys are getting so big, it was decided that we would try to be outside as much as we could so that it would not seem so caotic.
My parents decide to trasform the shop in the back to a storage place for all of the activities
and a eating area which worked great. All meals were eaten out side were we had burner, grills, warmers, sinks, tables, fridges, and everything else you would need for a meal. We also had all of the snack machines going for ice cream cones,
snow cones, ice dispensers,
water dispensers, cotton candy machine, and more. My mom also planned table decorations which corresponded to all the activities along with clothes for all of the grankids to wear
so they would match so things looked great. Each day of the reunion had a theme like fiesta
, birthday party, fourth of july, carnival, and more. The days were planned out to a T so that everyone would know the activites for the day even scheduling naps for the families so we would not get warn out.
Along with the different parties that were planned for the evenings we had a great time doing little crafts like play dough, tye-dye, and decorating bags. The best thing of all was of course the pool!!
With so many small children safety was first there was always at least two adults in the pool and a life guard on watch.
Everyone stayed safe and had a blast.
They also had snack breaks
so no one would get to hungry.
Things were so planned and it could not have gone any better then it did!! My parents did such a great job making these reunions special for everyone and we all had an amazing time!
Thanks mom and dad!!
Here is an update of the five babies..
He loves watering the grass (its having a hard time as you can tell).
Him just playing outside in the enoch house..
Coleton has just realized how fun stuffed animals are and here he istrying to teach the monkey how to play the piano which he loves to do..
I think the monkey finally figured it out..
We decided to do a little backyard camping...
Coleton did his best to help..
I dont think he was helping that much!
He loved playing inside though! Coleton also realized how to use a crayon, yay!!
Wait, thats not good!!
Luckly it came off easy, now crayons are not where he can reach them. Here is a video from a while ago but i forgot we had, i thought it was pretty cute..