Memorial Day weekend we headed down to Camden for the annual Watts Happening Family Reunion. I believe this is our 28th year. I'm 34. So that means that I was Courtney's age when we first started going. That is crazy to think about! Anyway...here is the swimming hole that looks awful and if I hadn't grown up swimming in it would NEVER let my kids near the water. But...what do you do? We all survived, right?!
Such a fun cousin time!
A few years ago we did a water balloon toss and Lindsey and Evan wanted to be sure we did this again. So we did...but other than that we didn't have any organized games, just fun hanging out together!
My girls LOVED Ellie Claire! Here mom is "big Whitney" as she's fondly referred to at our house since we have "little Whitney." Ha!
Sweet sweet pic of Whitney and Wyatt!
It's always fun to ride with the hatch open or help drive at Mustin...just like we used to do!
Courtney, Lindsey, Brooke and Whitney (all the girls Cousins on the Smith side)
Lindsey was such a good helper. She loves doing things like this and is at that age where she is really so much help! I'm so thankful for her sweet spirit. I think she literally got everyone's drinks!
Katherine and I had come up with some Minute to Win It games for our Sat. night entertainment!
This was probably the funniest one. Mom and Aunt Janet trying to keep 3 balloons each up in the air for 1 min. They got several tries, and were never successful. Little did we know the entertainment value this would bring. It was great!
Then we did the cup stacking...the Scogin girls had been practicing. Courtney won this round!
Another funny one was Evan and Lindsey having to jump/shake ping pong balls out of a Kleenex box that was belted on them!
One of the games we played was stacking blocks, so we modified it for the littles. Whitney, Elliott and Wyatt loved this! So cute!
Our last game was hilarious to watch...it was the Elephant game. A baseball inside pantyhose and put it on your head. Jordan and Jana were good sports and did a great job!
Leslie was trying to teach Courtney a trick with a rubber band on her fingers. They were cracking up at each other!
The next morning there was some fishing going on...but nothing big was caught!
Then we headed over to the other cabin to practice some songs for church...kind of!
Lindsey, Ellie Claire, Courtney, Wyatt and Whitney
Sunday morning we have always had some kind of "church" and Susan had a great idea of putting together "Buckets of Love" to send to Moore, OK for the people that lost so much in a tornado there. We divided into teams and made it a "game"...we might be just a little bit competitive in this family!
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Sweet Susan and Aunt Jo Anne were the ones in charge when all of this started. Apparently they made awards out of newspaper the first year and this year Susan made a special award. She called it "Servants Heart Award." We had no idea she was doing this...but my sweet Lindsey got the award. I love the look on her face of sweet humility and surprise as Susan said she was giving it to her. Look at Honey in the background too. So proud of her granddaughter!
Then it was time for our worship leader, Courtney to do her thing. She was so excited to sing some songs and do the motions. Uncle David aka Uncle Gadget had his projector and Jordan had internet so we were able to pull up the words on youTube for everyone to sing with us! We are getting more and more high tech at Mustin every year!
Family picture by the lake before we left!
Evan and Lindsey have become such close friends and Katherine and I are so glad. They are 2 peas in a pod. I'm so thankful for their friendship and getting to do so much together as cousins!
We had another successful year at Watts Happening. The older I get the more I learn to appreciate and love the traditions and values of our family. Yes it's hot. Yes it's a long way to drive. But when it comes down to it, it is all about family and being together. We are blessed!
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