CALL FAMILY REUNION 2012

The Call family reunion took place the weekend of August 3-5. We were lucky to be able to go down early to transport Alyssa and her family from the airport to my mom and dad's. We all had a great time. Activities included games, water slide, sandbox, water fights, wagon rides, wrestling, scavenger hunt, badminton, volleyball, basketball, lunch with mom and the "sister wives," the best food ever and a WEDDING! I for one had a great time. I wish I had had more time to visit with everyone but with almost 70 people there all weekend it was hard to get around. 

The following pictures illustrate the grand time had by all.

These four pictures are of my nieces. The one with the long dark hair is Laissa, the third oldest grandchild of Jim and Beverly Call. Our son Jared is the oldest. Kevin, who was the groom is second oldest.

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Laissa and her brother-in-law, Todd.

 Here are Jordan and Cameron filling water balloons.

 Some cousin shots. My mom and dad's grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

 

                           Zach                                    Zack and Zanaiya

 A tender moment with big brother making sure little brother is warm (Talmadge and Cason).




                       

                                Carly in her tutu.                      Cameron      

                              

                                       One of many wagon rides. 

Jordan on the water slide.

Jack

                              Grace, Carly and Kaylee                                                                      

Dave doing something besides golfing!

         

The grill masters, John and Matt.

Spencer and James at their best!

Kim Call

Sweet Erin, giver of wagon rides, captain of scavenger hunt team.

My brother Josh.

Our son handsome son Jared and his beautiful wife Veronica.

My brother-in-law, Eric

My sister-in-law, Amy, grandmother to be!

 My dad, the patriarch of this great family.

Matt, the man in Deanna's life. I was so glad to meet him!

Alyssa and Stephany. sisters of the groom, Kevin

The goofballs, Alexa's husband Brian and John, Jr.

Our son Jared, our nephew Kevin (the soon to be groom) and my brother Josh

My mom, the matriarch of the family and Kevin's son Adam.

Jared and Kevin, the oldest of the grandchildren and great childhood friends. I don't think they'd seen each other for 17 years until now.

The bride, Roxanne. We all fell in love with her too Kevin!

Diane with my mom and dad's youngest granddaughter, Laralyn

James and his scavenger hunt team.

Erin and her scavenger hunt team spelling a word (Hi)

Taking a picture by a fire hydrant (scavenger hunt).

Jordan and Carly in a tree during the scavenger hunt.

A human pyramid, another requirement for the scavenger hunt.

Take a picture with everyone jumping in the air at the same time.
(Picture scavenger hunt)

Peyton

How much fun would it be to eat all the cotton candy you want? A kids wish come true! Sorry parents...

Allan, Adam and Zanaiya

One does get thirsty eating all that cotton candy!

Jordan and Cameron

Chaylee

The cotton candy maker, my sister Judy

Lillee swinging on the airplane swing.

Lillee and Peyton playing in the the playhouse on the sand box.

Our sons and their wives watching John Jr. and Kevin wrestle. It was hard to watch!

Kevin and John Jr.

Here's Erin again-watching the little ones.

Allan and our pregnant daughter Kim. She will be having our tenth granddaughter  in October.

Kim, her husband Rigg and their darling daughter Peyton.

Lillee having a great time squirting her dad, our son John

Laissa doing Alyssa's hair for Kevin's and Roxanne's wedding.

Isn't her hair beautiful?

The decorative wedding cake

Our new family photographer Alexa. Allan is gladly passing on the job to her.

Grace with her funny brother-in-law Brian.

My niece Mariah. I love her blue hair.

My beautiful niece Stephany and my beautiful niece Alyssa.

The mother of the groom, my sister-in-law Deanna and Matt

My niece Mariah and my sister-in-law Amy

The bride and groom, Roxanne and Kevin

SWEET!

Roxanne's family

My brother Jeremy and his lovely family.

The bride and groom cutting the cake.

The smearing of the cake.

We didn't have time for a baby shower for Alexa so we decorated her car and filled it with presents. It was a complete surprise until Brian came out to put something in the car!

We didn't forget to decorate the bride and groom's car too.

The bride and groom ready to leave for their one night honeymoon. They were nice enough to come back and enjoy  Sunday with us.

Jared (age 34), my mom and dad's oldest grandchild with Laralyn (age 7 months), their youngest grandchild.

Last shots before the end. The next picture shows the twilight of the last day we were all together. A sad time.

Packing up. It's time since some of us were too tired to stay any longer!