A Mini "T" Family Get Together

My family got together for a fun weekend at my sister-in-law's family cabin.  We didn't go up for the whole time, just came up for an evening of yummy food and a fun white elephant party.

My kids had a blast being up in the mountains.  They were running around crazy with their cousins trying to get as dirty as possible to make sure they got the most out of their experience.

Chloe loved the little game they had set out, but was pretty upset that the balls wouldn't come off the strings.

James decided that he wanted to go swimming and jumped into the creek.  Thankfully it was low at this time of year and Megan was right there to get him out.  He was just so sweet and sincere when he was explaining to me why he jumped in.  "I just wanted to go swimming" he told me in him little voice!

We had the biggest hot dogs my kids had ever seen.  This made James very happy.  He did a great job attacking that thing and actually almost finished it all.

The white elephant party was fun.  We started doing white elephant in the summer last year, due to my parents leaving.  I guess the tradition stuck....
Laura was of course the center of attention in her cabin sweater and moose hat!

We had a great laugh at the camcorder that made its way back into the pile from last year.  Mitch was so excited about it and was guarding it with his life.

We scored some great karate clothes.  Now if we ever take karate we are ready to go!  Chloe of course loved her new "dress up" clothes.

Amy made some amazing homemade marshmallows.  I have never even heard of homemade marshmallows before, but they were yummy.  Once everyone caught on to how delicious they were manners kind of flew out the window....  :)