Aspen Grove Family Reunion 2011
Where do I even start?
A week-long reunion/vacation where...
-your kids had something to do and a place to be at from after breakfast to dinnertime
-there is free childcare...oh what a sweet blessed thing this is!
-all breakfast, lunch and dinners are provided - no cooking = sweet bliss for me
-sports - And I could actually participate in them this time!
-adults can have fun too - got to spend some awesome time with hubby playing basketball and racquetball
-ropes course
-rock wall
-family nights
-staying up late playing games
-paint ball
-crafts
-pen making
-time to take naps
-ice cream shop
-bonds made between cousins that will last forever
-hikes
-tournaments
-getting to play said tournaments with my hubby
-getting to know the in-laws and out-laws better
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Man, oh man - I could go on forever. What a special time Aspen Grove was. The Giles family members (hubby, his siblings' families and parents) have contributed and saved for over 15 years to be able to make this happen. I hope and pray that my kids remember how special this time was and know how blessed they were to have this much fun with cousins and family galore because this experience cannot be quantified.
Because we were too busy having fun, most of these pictures are compiled from everyone else in the family who were smart enough to take pictures. Thank you guys!
Aleana on a hike with Uncle Monte, Aunt Nancy and cousins
The whole fam-dam-ly - we sure are a good lookin' bunch!
Paint-ball, which I will never forget, nor will my leg.
Family games
Big ball
These next three pics crack me up - I don't know what joke Trace told, but it had to be funny:
Kayley, Brooke, Aleana and Jessica getting ready for the ropes course
Cousins from the Cubs group - Trent, Eli, Brittany, Trevin, and Jasmine
Trent, Eli, and Brittany
Trent was so bummed that he was too young for the ropes course - but he felt better as he climbed the rock wall. Go Trent!
Putting the kids to be at night was so easy...Hannah loved her "Stomper Friends".
Staying up way too late playing games with the fam
Oh yeah, we're awesome :)
some the guys waiting for family pictures. Check out the second guy from the left - he's HOT!
Bright and shiny at breakfast time...wish I felt the same
games
more games
such skill...
athletic skills require grace...even with a plunger
on the count of three...
These girls spent every second they could with each other...I would have to hunt Aleana down just to be sure she was still alive. She had a blast.
We had way too much fun
a view that fightens this mama bear. Aleana was fearless on the ropes course. She rocked it!
Go Aleana Go!
Both hands PLEASE!
We. Had. A. Blast. (well aside from me and Trace getting some stomach bug the last two days we were there. It's bound to happen when that many people from all over the country get together. And yes, the country store does sell pepto...at a steep price).
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