Glenn has 1 older brother (Eldon) and 1 younger brother (Brent). He also has 4 sisters that are younger than him. All the siblings are married and most of them have kids. So, it's a lot of fun to get together. And when we do ALL get together, it's a FULL HOUSE!
The summer of 2003 found us ALL packing our bags and going to Aspen Grove Family Camp in Utah. It was a lot of fun! In 2006 we returned back and had even more fun. But, we found out that even though it was so convenient (meals are ready, clean-up is done, housing/bedding is provided, etc.) we really didn't find our families much together. We all kind of did our own thing and there wasn't too much interaction between all of us.
So, for 2009, we decided to have our own Thomas Family Family Camp in the mountains of Arizona. Hats off to a wonderful SIL who planned most of the adventure, we ate GREAT, we had fun doing dinner duty (only twice in the week), we had fun activities and we had fun being together - All 35 or so, of us! It was Fun!
We had a creek about a 1/4 mile from the cabin. Most of the older kids could be found in the stream hunting for crawdads. (They brought them home, boiled them and ate them.) About 2 miles up the stream there was a swimming hole. Near the cabin was a 3-story tree house. Each day found us doing water balloons. There was ping-pong, foosball, pool... One afternoon we shot guns. We drove the Rhino all around the property and beyond. There was crafts (t-shirts and bracelets). We also had a talent show. Card games and board games galore! We did rockets and water balloon launchers. There was a scavenger hunt, pinatas, hair braiding and all sorts of other stuff. We also did bike rides and lots of hiking/walking. There was the diligent (5am) morning exercise crowd doing runs, walks and biking.
Here's a few pictures:
1 comment:
I can't believe how many times you were at Aspen Grove and I never got to see you! Darn it!
It looks like everyone had a great time.
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