McCall 2009

Here is a belated post of our annual family reunion at Andy's grandpa's cabin in McCall, Idaho. I don't think there is any place our kids would rather be! It is so nice to get away from work, the phone, the computer, and everything and just focus on family! Jesi loved eating Grandma's freshly baked chocolate chip cookies in the morning on our walk to the beach! Drew loved boating and golfing with Grandpa AND helping drive the golf cart! Kassi loved eating Swedish Fish on the way to McCall, which caused many tears because she would inhale them and would have scarfed the whole Costco bag in about 5 minutes if she hadn't had a mean mom! I believe that was the start of her hating long road trips!!! Bummer! But, she also loved playing in the sand at the beach and entertaining all of the family throughout the week! This year's memories include, but are not limited to the following: 1. The anual newlywed game thanks to Mike and Sarah pulling through again - particularly the round where we each had to mold playdough into something that represented our first date - ha ha, that was memorable! 2. The usual beach fun, boating, wakeboarding and skiing! 3. Kassi's first bath in the cabin sink. It is tradition to have your picture taken in the buff in the kitchen sink. Well, that is if you are age 2 or under!!! 4. Huckleberry picking in our PJ's! There were tons this year and we had too much fun picking them together as a family while Grandma watched Kassi. Jesi had fun picking some with Grandma too, in my sweatshirt since hers was dirty and they picked some beautiful wild flowers too! 5. Feeding the ponies and holding the kitty - I don't know which one they enjoyed most - Kassi didn't know quite what to think of standing beside the pony - but she wasn't feeling super either! 6. Jesi's first time painting a ceramic, which she picked out herself. She is quite the artist! I should get a picture of her with her piece of art after the kiln! For some reason Drew decided to join the guys and go golfing instead! He loves to go golfing, and he LOVES to hang out with grandpa and drive the golf cart!!! He'll be asking me all year when he gets to do it next! And, last but not least . . . 7. Grandma and Grandpa found Drew an awesome tag-a-long bike at a yard sale! So, we had to try it out and hope it will help him with his balance issues so that he can eventually ride on his own. He sure loves it - we just need to get our bike fixed at home so we can use it some more!!! Well, that about sums up what my brain can remember, which means I probably got about half of the memories down in writing. Not too bad for a journal entry - which is what I'm trying to think of my blog as being so that I'll try harder at keeping it updated! Thank you, Mom and Dad Walker once again for all the fun memories!!!