Family Reunion

 Family 

This week the last of the Cox Clan filled my parent's house and we all dealt with being crowded for a morning while getting ready for our Lake Martin trip. The girls had a lot of fun with their cousins but I still don’t think they remember all the names of their older cousins! They played mermaids by tying their feet together, built Lego houses, colored, painted, and had so much fun being spoiled. Shay had a few issues throughout the week because she doesn’t handle being teased very well and my brothers and dad are good at teasing. Hopefully, she had a good time and can remember it as a fun time. My mom introduced the girls to a cute book I remember when I was younger and they liked it so much that Claire learned most the story and would read it to Shay.

The Lake

We drove about an hour to our cabins at Lake Martin and unpacked enough to find our swimsuits on Tuesday so we could swim. We found some boat docks not too far walk from the cabins and liked being able to jump in the water and then later play mermaids. There weren’t many other campers and we had free reign over the other areas and found a cute little beach next to a playground to swim on Wednesday morning. I had too much fun supervising my girls to get pictures of the crafts we did but we glued things on sunglasses and then tie-dyed shirts. On Wednesday night there was a rainstorm that started and Claire and Shay learned how to go have fun getting wet. It was over too quickly and we packed and cleaned up on Thursday morning so some of us could swim one more time before coming back home. We didn’t do a lot of swimming because we found some kittens and played with them more!

Friday

My mom had organized family pictures and a temple night for our last day so the morning was filled with curling hair, makeup, and dressing up. They didn’t take too long and I hope they turned out well because this is the first time we’ve had everyone together since adding so many new people! The last time we were together was in 2018 and I kinda think someone was missing…I’ll have to look back at the pictures! The rest of the day I worked on packing the car up because Chris and I decided to leave from the temple since it’s a 2-hour drive in the right direction. Initially, we were going to stop in Clarksville for Friday night but then we wanted to get home earlier than late on Sunday and get to relax so we tortured ourselves with driving all night and day to get to Blackfoot by Saturday night and then finishing the last bit to our home Sunday. 

Honorable mentions

I must mention some of the yummy food we ate together! When it was just me and my parents we had sushi and Thai coconut soup. Then our family coxes crumble and the raclette on Father's Day were spoils over the weekend. Then on the Lake trip, we had a few yummy breakfasts and Dutch oven chicken with dessert as a peach cobbler! Then my last spoiled meal was the Thai food my dad has perfected over the years and I am going to avoid the scale when I get home! Claire helped when Chris collected and broke up fire wood during our night at the fire and she learned how to saw and then jump on the branch to get smaller pieces. She is going to follow in his footsteps and be a master fire starter eventually.