Hillibilly Colterman Reunion - (Dacreville - July 29 to August 8, 2010)

Well we arrived back at Mom and Dad C's place for the week.  We picked up Wayne and had lots of visiting, geocaching, and getting ready for the big Hillbilly Colterman Reunion!  We also celebrated Gram turning 90 this year!

Uncle Peter and Aunt Karen did a wonderful job on the welcome gateway! 

There was fun had by all big and small.  Of course Gram was supervising and kept us all in-line :)

There were games and of course the big fishing derby.  Marie, Lori and I decided not to go fishing but to head out for a canoe ride.  Marie thought to start a water fight but as you can see I had a paddle so won that round!  :)  Samantha came with us as we explored Gram's lake and did an aweful lot of zig zagging around the place.  Wayne took the kids out fishing in a paddle boat but they had to come back in when Patrick actually caught something and they didn't have anything to put it in.

There were a lot of cheers going around!!  *hiccup*

As with all Colterman get togethers there has to be food and tonnes of it!  We had to borrow an army mess hall tent to hold it all!  ...and there is Gram in the thick of things. 

It has been a very long time since all the "kids" were home at the same time, so of course we had to get lots of family group shots. :)  The third picture is of Gram with almost all of the great-grandkids.  I think the great-grandkids out number the grandkids now.

Some more random shots of the hillbillies!

This year it was Aunt Diana and Uncle Stan's 25th anniversery so we celebrated that as well.  See the common theme here.... Anything for a party!!  :D  What is a wedding without the kissing shot during supper?

And this concluded our lovely visit in Dacreville for the summer.  It was great seeing everyone for the reunion to catch up, play games, enjoy each other's company and to do lots and lots of laughing.  The campfires and songs were awesome.  Samantha still wants to sing the "unicorn song" whenever we have fires during our camping trips.

This was not the last time we got to see Mom and Dad though.  We meet up with them again at Aunt Dot and Uncle Doug's while Wayne was gayming with his buddies.  Here we got to enjoy their relaxing island, pool and company.  As par for the course at Uncle Doug's pool there has to be some kind of water fight going down!  Patrick was the smart one and took cover in the pool house!

We had a wonderful time this summer up in Dacreville.  Until next year when we can do it all over again! :)