Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Family Weekend at the Lake


This past weekend our entire family (all 29 of us) gathered at the lake house for a full final reunion since this is our last summer with the original house.  Growing up, we'd always have a week out of the summer - "family week" - that we'd all spend at the lake together.  It's been years since we've done it but after some scheduling we found a weekend that we'd all be able to be in attendance.

Dock time, booze cruises, baseball games like old times and lots of porch time all went on.  Between the families there are three houses on the upper/lower roads at the river so we were able to do a progressive dinner on Saturday night as the main event.

The classic lake appetizers - clam dip, deviled eggs, kielbasa at the main cottage for appetizers, salads at another house, a classic BBQ at the third house and back to the main cottage for desserts.  It all worked out really well and we all had the best time.

20 comments:

  1. How fun! It's so nice you were all about to get together. Love the progressive dinner, too. Sounds like a ton of fun.

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  2. I love lake weekends! And a progressive dinner between all 3 houses is a great idea!
    Sarah at MeetTheShaneyfelts

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  3. Lake weekends are the best!! I grew up doing that all the time and miss it so much. Thank goodness for friends here with boats. Looks like such a great weekend.

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  4. Sounds like an absolutely fabulous weekend with the fam, and I love that even Stella got to join the fun <3
    Green Fashionista

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  5. That's so awesome you all were able to get together and enjoy a weekend together! Sounds like a wonderful weekend! Sequins & Sea Breezes

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  6. what an amazing time! lake houses are what my favorite memories are made up of (up north). so glad you had so many lovely memories!

    xoxo cheshire kat

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  7. This looks like a blast! Are you selling the cottage?

    Ashley
    acutelifestyle.blogspot.com

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  8. This sounds like SO much fun! And I love the idea of a progressive dinner, so neat!

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  9. Sounds like a fun weekend filled with awesome family time and great food!
    Kelsey
    www.thepeacockroost.com

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  10. That's so sad that it's your last summer in the original house, but so great that all of y'all were able to get together for one final reunion! It really is amazing how difficult it gets to schedule time out with family and friends!

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  11. How fun!! Looks like such a wonderful weekend altogether!! I love going to the lake :)

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  12. What a fun weekend! Love that your whole family gets together like this!

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  13. So great that you were able to get your entire family together like that! We have a massive family on my mom's side, and it seems like everyone is always going in different directions, so it's nearly impossible to get us all together at once. I would love to organize a beach trip like this for everyone! It would be so much fun!

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  14. Family is the best, and reunions of extended family are even better! We had ours earlier in the summer, I wish we would have stayed the weekend! But we had too many people, which I guess is not a bad thing! My friends and I want to do a progressive dinner, sounds so fun. Glad y'all had a good time.

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  15. That sounds like a wonderful family vacation! How awesome is it that you have three houses close together?!

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  16. Looks like an awesome weekend! Family is the best :)

    Blessings,
    Edye | Http://gracefulcoffee.wordpress.com

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  17. awww what a great time with sooo much family!! that is seriously the best!

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  18. Nothing beats a weekend at the lake - glad you had fun!

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  19. Isn't it nice to get everyone together to enjoy a weekend of relaxing, good food and catching up? It is insanely hard to plan based on 29 different family members schedules but you pulled it off. I'm looking forward to my family reunion nex month which is just a day picnic but 200+ people. Eeek!

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