The King Family Reunion 2011- Mark Twain Lake, Monroe City, MO

We had our big King Family Reunion August 5-7th, 2011.  We had family from all over the country make it.  We were at the Mark Twain Landing in Monroe City, Missouri.  We rented a bunch of condos and hung out for the weekend.  We were just about 5 minutes from Mark Twain Lake.  We spent time on the boat, at the beach, in the common area visiting with everyone, playing bean bags and maybe had a beer or two.  It was so much fun to see everyone all together.  Some of the cousins we see all of the time and others, it had been about 5 years since we'd seen each other!

Jessie Birch and Caroline Harrison playing at the beach

Bridgette and Lauren

Bridgette took the girls out on the tube.. all we could hear was screaming and laughing!

Greg, Jaime and Allison Barta take a turn!

Caroline Harrison's first time on a tube... her mom Lea wasn't interested in going, so Bridgette took them.  Lea isn't a big fan of water sports :)

Lauren helping Uncle Greg

Joyce Barta and grandaughter Kennedy Barta (my lens was a little cloudy from all of the humidity)

Kennedy LOVES the water!

Alli Barta

Mollie and Charlie

Jessie and Lauren at the beach!

Caroline Harrison

What a crew!

Caroline, Alli, Elise, Jessie, Kennedy, Ethan, Charlie and Lauren

My aunt Lucy King brought ingredients for the kids to make GOO!  What a mess, but they loved it.  It was nice to have something for them to do besides run around like mad-men!

Lea Harrison, Mallory and Myrna King

Jack and Caroline Harrison

Haley, Stacey and Jessie Birch

This is Daisy, Chris King's dog... she was adorable!

Mollie, Charlie, Matt, Bridgette and Ethan McAuley

The Bartas-

Jaime, Greg, Kennedy, Eric, Sheri, Haley, Jessie, Stacey, Dick, Austin,m Gavin, Alli and Joyce

The Hubbards

Eric, Melinda, Elise (6 1/2) and Lauren (5)

The Kings

Michelle, Megan, Lucy and Dick

Pat and Smitty

The Kings-

Jill, Chris, Daisy, Bill, Steve and John

All of the first cousins!  We were missing a few but not many!

20 Year Class Reunion

I made it to my 20 year class reunion.  It was at the Wayzata Country Club on July 29th, 2011.  I met up with my very good friend Mallory Hasz before hand and had a cocktail with her and her parents.  I have known Mal and her family since we were in 3rd grade... hard to believe!  We then went over to Nicole Young.. now Kohorst for a pre-reunion party.  Then we headed off to the club for the party.  It was really fun.  It was really good to see so many people that I forgot about.  I love that after 20 years we can talk to people and there is no competition.  Everyone just talks about what they are doing, how many kids etc, and it was really nice to see so many people.  Everybody looked great!  Mal and I closed the party down a little after midnight.  We were waiting for our cab and he never came so we got a ride home from the cute 20 year old valet boy!  It was really fun.  I ended up have a sleep over at Mallory's moms house (Marcia Hill).  We all stayed up until 2:30 talking and catching up... such fun.

Elise's Cheer Camp!

Elise did a 4 week Cheer Camp in Grimes.  It was a really fun camp for her.  The teachers were cheerleaders from the local high school and were really fun and energetic!

Warm-up!