We had our family retreat at Sandy Cove. It was awesome of Lindy to put it all together, and Benjamin said it felt like a free vacation, so thanks Lindy!!! We had rainy weather most of the weekend, but the bay area was still beautiful:
My mom and Lindy made an agenda for the weekend that was packed with activities. Some activities, like a walk to the lighthouse, were canceled because of the weather. But that was fine because craft time was a big hit:
Some family members painted a still life of fruit with watercolor. Others painted whatever came to mind. Apparently the things that come to mind are scary fish with giant teeth and lots of owls. Zinnia was, if nothing else, seasonally appropriate in her choice to paint a bunny.
Maya was especially proud of her work, though she did keep claiming Dayna's painting as her own. (Seriously... Dayna's is the blue/purple background still life right above Maya's painting. Maya kept changing her mind about which painting was hers.)
I was especially impressed with Willow's owl:
And Anna makes the best collages:
Saturday night we had the pool to ourselves for "Family Olympics". We all had to sign up for various events. I won the floating contest (thank you, babyweight!)
Anyway, here is Lily's first pool experience. This was 7:30 at night, a time of day when she usually either naps or goes to sleep for the night. So she wasn't really feeling up for adventure. But she looked great in her suit, at least. :)
The air in the poolhouse was really warm but the water was a little cool, so she didn't spend much time in the water.
Meg, however, spent the entire evening jumping off the side of the pool into the arms of whoever was willing to catch her. First it was Lisa, then Anna, then me, then Benjamin, then Anna again. It was a lot of jumping. She kept cheering "Myself!" which is her "I'm going to do this because I'm an awesome big kid" exclamation. (Anna and I even have a "Myself!" victory dance we do with Meg.)
After Lily spent a few minutes in the pool she passed out and slept through most of Family Olympics.
After some time in the pool we had a belated birthday party for Anna.
Lindy made some delicious cupcakes. I think Meg ate several.
Sunday morning we had breakfast, packed up our rooms, and headed outside for a family photo by the pier.
On Friday night we got to meet Lindy's new friend Mike. Unfortunately by the end of the weekend Mike was no longer with us. Poor Lindy. :( But that's a story for another day...
We had our family retreat at Sandy Cove. It was awesome of Lindy to put it all together, and Benjamin said it felt like a free vacation, so thanks Lindy!!! We had rainy weather most of the weekend, but the bay area was still beautiful:
My mom and Lindy made an agenda for the weekend that was packed with activities. Some activities, like a walk to the lighthouse, were canceled because of the weather. But that was fine because craft time was a big hit:
Some family members painted a still life of fruit with watercolor. Others painted whatever came to mind. Apparently the things that come to mind are scary fish with giant teeth and lots of owls. Zinnia was, if nothing else, seasonally appropriate in her choice to paint a bunny.
Maya was especially proud of her work, though she did keep claiming Dayna's painting as her own. (Seriously... Dayna's is the blue/purple background still life right above Maya's painting. Maya kept changing her mind about which painting was hers.)
I was especially impressed with Willow's owl:
And Anna makes the best collages:
Saturday night we had the pool to ourselves for "Family Olympics". We all had to sign up for various events. I won the floating contest (thank you, babyweight!)
Anyway, here is Lily's first pool experience. This was 7:30 at night, a time of day when she usually either naps or goes to sleep for the night. So she wasn't really feeling up for adventure. But she looked great in her suit, at least. :)
The air in the poolhouse was really warm but the water was a little cool, so she didn't spend much time in the water.
Meg, however, spent the entire evening jumping off the side of the pool into the arms of whoever was willing to catch her. First it was Lisa, then Anna, then me, then Benjamin, then Anna again. It was a lot of jumping. She kept cheering "Myself!" which is her "I'm going to do this because I'm an awesome big kid" exclamation. (Anna and I even have a "Myself!" victory dance we do with Meg.)
After Lily spent a few minutes in the pool she passed out and slept through most of Family Olympics.
After some time in the pool we had a belated birthday party for Anna.
Lindy made some delicious cupcakes. I think Meg ate several.
Sunday morning we had breakfast, packed up our rooms, and headed outside for a family photo by the pier.
On Friday night we got to meet Lindy's new friend Mike. Unfortunately by the end of the weekend Mike was no longer with us. Poor Lindy. :( But that's a story for another day...
Sounds like a crazy fun time...the family photo is awesome! Also, I really like Anna's collage and Willow's somewhat evil-looking owl. Though it might be overwhelming sometimes, you're really lucky to have such a great, large family.
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't know about Lily and the water...seems like she really didn't care! You'll have to bring her over to the giant wading pool we're setting up this summer. We can put on our full-coverage bathing suits and wade too! :-)