THIS PAST WEEKEND WE GOT TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MENDENHALL REUNION IN PALISADES AT CALAMITY CAMPGROUND. I WAS A BIT NERVOUS SINCE IT WAS HALLE'S FIRST CAMPING EXCURSION BUT SHE DID GREAT, (BESIDES THE ONE TIME SHE RAN ON THE TRAIL AKA ROAD AND ALMOST GOT PLOWED-OK NOT REALLY BUT SHE DID RUN IN THE ROAD AND SCARED ME HALF TO DEATH!) MY DAD AND KARED, NIKI AND HER CLAN, ME AND MY CLAN, MY COUSIN WOODY, TODD AND KIM, DEON, AND GRPA AND GRMA M WERE THERE. IT WAS A 3 DAY EXCURSION OF FUN. WE ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST CONVERSATIONS, AMAZING FOOD, AND JUST TONS OF FUN ON THE BOAT. THIS YEAR, IT WAS SO COLD, RAINED ALOT, HAILED ALOT, AND WAS FLAT OUT COLD. HOWEVER, THAT DIDN'T DAMPEN US, WE STILL HAD TONS OF FUN. WATERSKIING WASN'T THE BEST THIS YEAR SINCE THE WATER WAS A BIT ROUGH, BUT IT MADE FOR GREAT TUBE RIDING. WE MADE SNOW CONES, WENT ON WALKS, SLEPT IN, TOOK NAPS,WATCHED A MOVIE, FISHED, ATE, TALKED, WENT ON THE BOAT...YOU NAME IT. THANKS EVERYONE FOR PLANNING SUCH A GREAT WEEKEND. WE LOVED IT! WE ARE SAD THAT WAS THE LAST ONE, SINCE IT IS GETTING HARDER ON GRPA AND GRMA BUT WE HAVE HAD THE GREATEST PAST SUMMERS WITH EVERYONE AND ARE SO GREATFUL FOR THE TIMES WE HAD TO CHERISH! WE LOVE YOU ALL!
HALLE IS PLAYING WITH "UNCLE TOY'S" FISHING GEAR, SHE LOVED IT!
HERE IS HALLE AND I PLAYING WHILE TREVY IS FISHING. ACTUALLY I AM JUST TRYING TO KEEP HALLE OUT OF THE WATER BY DISTRACTION. SHE LOVES THE WATER SO MUCH!
NIKI AND I TUBING WITH HALLE AND TREVOR FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. THANKS DAD FOR THE NICE RIDE! WE HAD TONS OF FUN! (SO DID THE KIDDOS!) AFTER THIS, JARED TOOK HALLE AND THEY HAD A BLAST TOO!
JARED AND HALLE TUBING-THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN!
JARED AND HALLE CHILLING ON THE BOAT WHILE I WAS IN THE WATER!
NIKI, KAREN, AND THE KIDDOS CHILLING ON THE BOAT!
PAPA TAB LET HALLE "HELP" DRIVE US TO THE SHORE! SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS SO BIG AND DID SUCH A GOOD JOB!
IN THIS PICTURE, HALLE LOOKS HOMELESS-SAD! ACTUALLY SHE LOVED THAT LIFE JACKET AND THE ZIPPER ON IT-SHE WOULDN'T MOVE!
BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF PALISADES IN THE MORNING WITH STEAM!
THE MORNING AFTER ALL THE FUN IN THE WATER, THE BOYS AND NIKI, GOT UP FOR AN EARLY FISHING TRIP. HALLE AND I SLEPT IN UNTIL ABOUT 9. I THOUGHT IT WAS TO COLD FOR HER, AND SHE WAS EXHAUSTED. BUT THEY ALL HAD A GREAT TIME!
