FUNSANITY

The term my Mom used near the close of our family vacation. It is fun but it is insanity. The final chapter of our family time was almost everybody coming up north to our house for the Vermilion fair. Everybody arrived Wednesday evening so we could get up nice and early and head to the Vermilion fair parade. It was quite the gang 53 family members in total for the parade, next it was off to Aunt Tina's for a bbq then the fair for chuck-wagon races.  Friday morning again was early so we could head out to Clear Lake with this time over 60 family members. It was a gorgeous day and everybody had a blast on the boat and playing in the water. We all then came back to our house for a huge pot luck supper with yes all 60 family members. This is where the term funsanity was used by my mother.  Once all the extended family left we ended the evening with some good laughs and fun games. The game with no name was played a few times and a couple rounds of Monopoly deal. This morning Trent and Amber and my mom and Terra's girls all headed home leaving us with Keltie and her gang until tomorrow. It was such a good time and  I love spending time with this crazy huge family of mine.

yes this is all my extended family

Macie has already been to three parades.

the gang at the chuckwagons

loving the lake

watermelon football

THE NEXT STAGE

The next stage of our vacation was going to Waterton on Monday with my sister and my brother and their families.  We went for a nice family hike then had a great picnic, the weather was a little windy which made it no fun for babies but the older kids had a blast. Tuesday we then meet the rest of my family at the Village Square Leisure Centre in Calgary and has a blast at the waterpark. Mom and Dad had all 19 of their grandchildren there including three new babies under 3 months. It then got a little chaotic going back to my sisters house for pizza and a picture of all the grandkids but we managed and somehow everybody got some food.

GLENWOOD DAYS!!!

It has been 8 years since we have been to Glenwood days,  but with some time off Mark and I decided to make the trek down south for some visiting with family and friends and re-living Mark's glory days. We arrived at Dani and Diane's around 3:00 and started with a wiener roast at there house and visiting and catch up. Mark's mother came and brought Corrine's kids and one of Mark's best friend and his wife and there kids showed up as well. After the wiener roast we headed to Glenwood for the very end of the dance and then watched one of the best fireworks display's I have ever seen. Most impressed especially for a town with a population of 300. Saturday was a packed day that started with a pancake breakfast then the shortest, yet cutest parade I have ever been too. Next was off to a talent show at the Glenwood school where Mark went to school for 9 years, then off to spring glen park for beef on a bun, games, and more visiting with friends and family. We ran into so many friends from when we were dating and married and I meet yet more new people that Mark new as a child. It was such a great weekend and definitely need to do this more then every 8 years.

at spring glen park with the Skoien's and Mark's family.

the parade

the talent show, these men where the Glenwood synchronized swimming team that they were sending to the 2012 olympics. This was seriously the funniest thing I have ever seen.