We had our Pugmire Family Reunion last weekend in Cascade and rented a house that fit all 26 of us in it. It had a wonderful deck on the back side of the house and the view was perfect. There were a few times you could find most of the family sitting on the porch just enjoying the peaceful visiting time. It was a hard place to leave on Sunday morning. 
The house had a great BIG yard and even attracted a few visitors. We had a bear run through the yard and a few racoons. No one was hurt by any of the visitors and the visitors didn't stay very long. There were a few football games played in the yard and the porch was a great place for s'mores. Some of the family showed up on Wednesday night. The rest of the family showed up Thursday morning and the piano attracted most of the kids.
Hunter was born on April 4, Mayci was born on March 17 and Hudson was born on January 10. The youngest of the babies was Tyla born on May 29. It was fun to see all of the babes hanging out with each other.
Mayci and Tyla found a closet upstairs that had a bench inside it. They were found a number of times hanging out in the closet just chatting with each other. 
Grandma & Grandpa Hopkins, Wendy, Grandpa & Grandma Pugmire styling in their Hawaiian attire.
After the talent show, we had a pinata thanks to the family representing Mexico. Wendy got shirts from Hawaii for all of the kids and we got to get some fun pictures of all the grandkids in their shirts. Not all of them were happy about the pictures.
front: Hunter, Mayci, Kylee, Haydee, Hudson
2nd: Kate, Kenzie, Madison, Dustin, Tyla
3rd: Austin, Braydon, Colton
The girls. Thank goodness for the suckers. The candy was a big hit. OK, Tyla wasn't very happy with anything we gave her that night!!!
The boys. Hudson wasn't very happy with us either. It wasn't like that the rest of the weekend. We had happy kids the whole weekend. They all had a great time playing with each other.
This was the first sucker she had ever had. She was hooked with the first lick. I tried taking the sucker from her to get her shirt off to put pj's on and she got a little fired up with me. She has learned how to scream really good when she doesn't get her way or is bugged by her siblings. As much as I don't want her to start talking, it would be nice to have her know some words so I don't have to hear her scream all of the time!
Kind of a cute picture!!
What do you do with 26 people at a reunion? You play! With our Olympic theme, we had tournaments going all weekend long. The kids enjoyed all of the activities we had planned!
Hunter was born on April 4, Mayci was born on March 17 and Hudson was born on January 10. The youngest of the babies was Tyla born on May 29. It was fun to see all of the babes hanging out with each other. 
Mayci and Tyla found a closet upstairs that had a bench inside it. They were found a number of times hanging out in the closet just chatting with each other.Thursday night we had a great kick off party. The theme for our reunion was Olympics. So, for our opening ceremonies, we had each 'country' that were at the olympics provide entertainment. Each family had a talent that they shared with everyone.
Wendy is Justin's youngest sister and she went to Hawaii in May and brought back some fun attire for her and her parents and grandparents to wear for their talent. They did a hawaiian dance and had everyone else join in too.
Grandma & Grandpa Hopkins, Wendy, Grandpa & Grandma Pugmire styling in their Hawaiian attire.After the talent show, we had a pinata thanks to the family representing Mexico. Wendy got shirts from Hawaii for all of the kids and we got to get some fun pictures of all the grandkids in their shirts. Not all of them were happy about the pictures.
front: Hunter, Mayci, Kylee, Haydee, Hudson2nd: Kate, Kenzie, Madison, Dustin, Tyla
3rd: Austin, Braydon, Colton
The girls. Thank goodness for the suckers. The candy was a big hit. OK, Tyla wasn't very happy with anything we gave her that night!!!
The boys. Hudson wasn't very happy with us either. It wasn't like that the rest of the weekend. We had happy kids the whole weekend. They all had a great time playing with each other.
This was the first sucker she had ever had. She was hooked with the first lick. I tried taking the sucker from her to get her shirt off to put pj's on and she got a little fired up with me. She has learned how to scream really good when she doesn't get her way or is bugged by her siblings. As much as I don't want her to start talking, it would be nice to have her know some words so I don't have to hear her scream all of the time!
Kind of a cute picture!!What do you do with 26 people at a reunion? You play! With our Olympic theme, we had tournaments going all weekend long. The kids enjoyed all of the activities we had planned!
Air Hockey was a big hit. It turned off a little bit at nights while everyone slept!
Even the parents got in on the action. The Ping Pong table got as much action as the air hockey.
Aunt Amber and Uncle Brad had a pretty tough match. If the Air Hockey and Ping Pong tables were busy, you could take some time to watch a movie in the Movie Theater that was in the house. The kids thought that was so cool. Some of the ladies decided to take advantage of the space in the theater and do some exercising in the mornings.
The Wii was on most of the time. The kids were up as the sun came up and got busy with lots of Wii competitions. It wasn't only the kids that played the Wii, the adults got hooked on Guitar Hero and the kids kind of got booted out of the Wii area.
Dustin, Madison, Braydon & Colton early in the morning waiting for breakfast.
Friday morning we did up some Tie-dyed shirts and that was kind of a mess. It was so fun though. We didn't get any pictures of all of the kids in their t-shirts though.
Kristen, Kate, Peggy, Justin and Marisa trying not to color themselves.
While the shirts were being colored, the rest of the family got some play time in. Travis and Hudson got some time on the 4-wheeler while Grandpa and Grandma watched all of the craziness 13 great-grandkids and 9 grandkids can create.
We had bikes, scooters, hoola hoops, 4-wheelers, footballs, frisbees and more to keep the kids busy.
Kenzie, Justin, Madison and Kate getting ready to take the 4-wheeler around for a quick ride before we all went boating.
Wendy got some drink umbrellas for all of the family. No, my kids don't do things the normal way. Madison got this silly idea and Austin and Kenzie joined in with her.
Friday after lunch, we had our good friends, Brian and Heidi bring a boat up and give us some fun on the lake. Mayci was so excited to be on the boat. She thought she'd help out with the driving.
Madison got a little cold. I told her to get down and try to warm up on the floor of the boat.
The water was VERY cold that day and it was kind of windy out. The younger kids had fun anyway. They all loved the tube and I'm sure it was fun for them all to hang out on the boat.
Madison, Dustin and Colton watched Kenzie, Aunt Amber and Kylee take their turn on the tube.
These 3 were silly. We told them to give us thumbs up to go faster and thumbs down to slow down. Most of the time, they all 3 had their thumbs up. They enjoyed every minute of their ride!
Mayci didn't get in the water but she had fun. The wind was scary for her. We had her hang out on the floor too. She was more relaxed down there.
Can we just say, funny!? These 3 were fun to watch being pulled around.
Justin tried an AirChair. That was kind of a weird thing. He got up a time or two but didn't stay up for long. His brother Tyler on the other hand, got up his first time trying it. Wendy and Travis tried it also but weren't quite as good as Tyler. Thanks Brian and Heidi for a fun day!
Grandma/pa Hopkins, Justin and Mayci took a break from all of the fun to sit and enjoy some down time.
Saturday was Kylee's birthday. We had some yummy cake and sang. What a fun way to spend a birthday!
After cake and icecream, we took a drive to McCall to go see the beautiful sights in that area. We had to stop and get a few pictures of all of us!
All of the grandkids.
Down by the marina.
A picture of who was responsible for those in above picture!!!
Wendy, Peggy, Marisa, Amber, Bridget, Kristen, Grandma Hopkins (Barbara)
Alan, Justin, Brad, Tyler, Travis, Grandpa Hopkins (Loyal)
We all HAD to get icecream. What's a vacation if there isn't icecream. The icecream shop was up this alley and the kids found this fun swing to play on while they waited for their icecream.
Saturday night was our last night at the house. We finished up with a great Family Home Evening that Wendy and Kristen did for us. For dessert, we had s'mores. It was a most perfect weekend and very hard to leave on Sunday morning. I'm glad that we get to go again in a few weeks with my family. I really think we need to invest in our own place up in Cascade. It's fun to just escape from real life once in awhile.
Even the parents got in on the action. The Ping Pong table got as much action as the air hockey.
Aunt Amber and Uncle Brad had a pretty tough match. If the Air Hockey and Ping Pong tables were busy, you could take some time to watch a movie in the Movie Theater that was in the house. The kids thought that was so cool. Some of the ladies decided to take advantage of the space in the theater and do some exercising in the mornings. The Wii was on most of the time. The kids were up as the sun came up and got busy with lots of Wii competitions. It wasn't only the kids that played the Wii, the adults got hooked on Guitar Hero and the kids kind of got booted out of the Wii area.
Dustin, Madison, Braydon & Colton early in the morning waiting for breakfast. Friday morning we did up some Tie-dyed shirts and that was kind of a mess. It was so fun though. We didn't get any pictures of all of the kids in their t-shirts though.
Kristen, Kate, Peggy, Justin and Marisa trying not to color themselves. 
While the shirts were being colored, the rest of the family got some play time in. Travis and Hudson got some time on the 4-wheeler while Grandpa and Grandma watched all of the craziness 13 great-grandkids and 9 grandkids can create.
We had bikes, scooters, hoola hoops, 4-wheelers, footballs, frisbees and more to keep the kids busy. 
Kenzie, Justin, Madison and Kate getting ready to take the 4-wheeler around for a quick ride before we all went boating.Wendy got some drink umbrellas for all of the family. No, my kids don't do things the normal way. Madison got this silly idea and Austin and Kenzie joined in with her.
Friday after lunch, we had our good friends, Brian and Heidi bring a boat up and give us some fun on the lake. Mayci was so excited to be on the boat. She thought she'd help out with the driving.
Madison got a little cold. I told her to get down and try to warm up on the floor of the boat.
The water was VERY cold that day and it was kind of windy out. The younger kids had fun anyway. They all loved the tube and I'm sure it was fun for them all to hang out on the boat.
Madison, Dustin and Colton watched Kenzie, Aunt Amber and Kylee take their turn on the tube.
These 3 were silly. We told them to give us thumbs up to go faster and thumbs down to slow down. Most of the time, they all 3 had their thumbs up. They enjoyed every minute of their ride!
Mayci didn't get in the water but she had fun. The wind was scary for her. We had her hang out on the floor too. She was more relaxed down there.
Can we just say, funny!? These 3 were fun to watch being pulled around. 
Justin tried an AirChair. That was kind of a weird thing. He got up a time or two but didn't stay up for long. His brother Tyler on the other hand, got up his first time trying it. Wendy and Travis tried it also but weren't quite as good as Tyler. Thanks Brian and Heidi for a fun day!
Grandma/pa Hopkins, Justin and Mayci took a break from all of the fun to sit and enjoy some down time.Saturday was Kylee's birthday. We had some yummy cake and sang. What a fun way to spend a birthday!
After cake and icecream, we took a drive to McCall to go see the beautiful sights in that area. We had to stop and get a few pictures of all of us!
All of the grandkids.
Down by the marina.
A picture of who was responsible for those in above picture!!!Wendy, Peggy, Marisa, Amber, Bridget, Kristen, Grandma Hopkins (Barbara)
Alan, Justin, Brad, Tyler, Travis, Grandpa Hopkins (Loyal)
We all HAD to get icecream. What's a vacation if there isn't icecream. The icecream shop was up this alley and the kids found this fun swing to play on while they waited for their icecream.
Saturday night was our last night at the house. We finished up with a great Family Home Evening that Wendy and Kristen did for us. For dessert, we had s'mores. It was a most perfect weekend and very hard to leave on Sunday morning. I'm glad that we get to go again in a few weeks with my family. I really think we need to invest in our own place up in Cascade. It's fun to just escape from real life once in awhile.This was Sunday afternoon after everyone left except those that were flying back to California. These 2 had some fun pounding out a few songs on the piano without all of the other cousins to interrupt them.
Can't wait for the next reunion. Thanks Pugmire's for some great memories! You are a wonderful family!!!!!
Can't wait for the next reunion. Thanks Pugmire's for some great memories! You are a wonderful family!!!!!
3 comments:
Marissa...I am so jealous. WHAT A FUN FAMILY REUNION! Looks like you have a very special family! I loved reading all the fun things you did! You have a great family!
~Nikki
Wow!You guys really know how to do a reunion! It sounds like everyone had a blast!! We need to get a group together to go up there sometime!!
Looks like you all had a great time!
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