Jensen Family Reunion 2011

This past week we got to go to the family reunion for my mom's family for the first since we've been married. I have been so sad not to be able to go all these years, and I loved that we finally could make it. We stayed at Three Peaks Lodge in St. Anthony, ID and it was perfect for a family reunion like this. Drew hardly ever stopped playing the whole time we were there, so I think he really enjoyed it too (even if that meant he only got about eight hours of sleep total the whole time we were there). Drew played a couple rounds of golf, kickball, tennis, racquetball, pool, ping pong, and shuffleboard. I might be forgetting something.

I played some kickball and tennis and went swimming, but since I am getting close to having a baby those few things did me in. Tennis is quite a bit more vigorous than a stroller walk you know. Yikes! I did lots of sitting and talking with my family which is one of my favorite things ever. I honestly feel like I am a little over-blessed in the Aunt department on both sides of my family. I love all my uncles, but I am always amazed at how wonderful all my aunts are to talk to. They are full of lots of great tips for a new mom and they are thoughtful and insightful and sympathetic and lots of other great things. I love those ladies!

Darcy got very little sleep while we were there too, unfortunately. The first night she went to bed really late and then cried for 2-3 hours in the middle of the night and then woke up early. We were close enough to everyone else (not to mention sharing a room with my sister and her husband) that plenty of other people lost sleep too which stressed me out big time. I ended up bawling like a baby the next morning, partly because I was tired and partly because I felt so bad that we had put everyone through that. The rest of the time Darcy slept in the bed with me and Drew found a couch. :) Everyone slept better that way.

They had so many fun things for Darcy to do there too. I'll just post pictures of those things.

They had this big garage type room with cement floors for the kids to ride around on all day. The walls were lined with chalkboards, there were a couple little basketball hoops, and there was a slide coming down into the room. Little kid heaven!

Darcy loved this thing! She scooted herself around on it a lot of the time we were there.

Darcy got hurt on the slide at one point and was scared of it after that, so this was Drew's attempt to show her how fun it was.

Ashley and my cousin Sarah's little boy Wyatt writing drawing on the chalkboards.

My cousin Laura set up this root beer game. We had to test all the different types of root beer and see if we could identify them. Drew got them all right and won. I was really bad at it.

We played some Guesstures. This is Sarah acting.

Emily and Darcy at the pool. We went to a rec-center where some of the guys played racquetball and basketball while the rest of us swam. Darcy was tired and cranky that day so she wasn't as excited about it as I thought she would be.

She did give me a couple good smiles though. :)

Drew playing racquetball with my Uncle Kurt.

I think my Aunt Larene took this picture and I think it is so cute. There was a fun swing set outside that the kids had fun playing on.

Another swinging picture. This is Darcy with my cousin Laura's girls Liza and Lydia. I wish we lived closer to them so Darcy could play with these cute girls more often.

We also had a family talent show with some pretty awesome talent. This is Ashley playing the piano for everyone. She couldn't find her music and played it from memory. She had some slip-ups which were upsetting to her, but I am so impressed with her skill level at 10 years old!

They had a Wally Jensen (my grandpa) look-a-like contest with his kids (minus Aunt Karen who couldn't make it this year). This was how we got a good view of all of them.

Laura (with her baby Track) and Sarah did some "interpretive dance" at the end of the talent show, which was very entertaining.

A picture of my Grandpa helping in the kitchen. I just think he is the sweetest guy ever and I thought this was a cute picture of him.

Brian is the bbq master. He made some asparagus on the grill that was a major hit.

Card players.

Drew on the tennis court.

Milas and Drew playing tennis.

The hot tub full of cousins.

There was a baseball diamond outside where we played kickball. This is my cousin Logan swinging away.

Lindy, Bella, and Darcy at the piano.

My grandparents playing shuffle board.

Haley and I were in charge of s'mores. Brian and my dad built the fire for us luckily, although judging by this picture it looks like Brian did more posing than working.

Todd, Logan, my dad, and Carson working on their s'mores.