August 15, 2016
I just wanted to give a run down of our big Palmer Reunion last week. We were able to check in to our cool lodge around 4:00 p.m., and the kids had a ball running from floor to floor and room to room, checking out all the slides, swings, trampoline, basketball mini-court, pool table, ping pong table, theater room, etc., etc. We had our dinner, got settled into our assigned bedrooms and visited, laughed and talked.
On Saturday, Clair and Mat got up early to go down to the Marina to "stake out" our territory with Clair's homemade canopy, picnic tables, sand toys etc. After our yummy breakfast casserole by Kris and Jill, we went to pick up Sea-doos and paddle boards and headed for a fun day of water play, including the water trampoline! We had hoagies and other picnic goodies for lunch and absolutely wore everyone out! Jeff and Kimi and kids made it for the tail end of the water play, as Kimi's Orton family had a reunion from Thursday to Saturday morning. We came back to the lodge, cleaned everyone up and had "walking tacos" for dinner. Then we enjoyed a bridal shower for Daniel's fiancee' Aubrey, presented by Jessica and Josie. What a welcome to our family!
On Sunday morning, we hurried and had a bowl of cold cereal (we fasted the week before), and went to Sacrament meeting at the Garden City Ward at 9:00. It was packed back on the stage and in classrooms everywhere. We went home and divided into Primary, Young Men/Young Women and Gospel Doctrine. Thanks to Katie for assigning teachers. I enjoyed the adult class very much and I'm sure the teens heard a great lessons from Shawn and Torrey, and the Primary kiddies were taught well by Katie and Ben. Everyone was so willing to help out and to get along and that makes all the difference.
After dinner and rest time, we had The Famous Travis Klingler Lip-sync contest! Wow! The level of competition was pretty intense, and I must say I was impressed with all the talent we have in our family.
After a yummy chicken and rice casserole dinner, we said goodbye to the Fryars and the Dallings,
let kids play, played some family games (some til 2:00 a.m.) and finally bedded down for one last night.
It was pretty hard for everyone to get up the next morning, but eventually everyone made it out of the sack, had one last bowl of cold cereal, and we all pitched in to clean up and pack up and be on our way by 9:50 a.m. Check out was at 10:00.
Thanks again to the Klinglers and the Mat Palmers for a fabulous reunion and for providing the water toys for us. Thanks to all 77 of you who came. We'll see you 5 that missed in two years! (along with new spouses and babies!)
As we all go our separate ways, back to our individual lives, I hope you will all remember the love we felt for each other. Just keep each other in your prayers. I hope you 51 cousins + our 5 little great grands had lots of fun and got to know each other, and that you will look forward to our next big reunion in 2018! If you have pictures or videos, please post them on this blog. I finally got into it through my old email and made up a new password! You may want to contact Torrey and she can help you figure it out. It's a great way to keep our family history!
Love ya all,
Mom/Grandma
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