Parkinson Family: Michel Reunion at the Cabin

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Michel Reunion at the Cabin

Jeremy- you're so silly!!

Kyle and uncle Jeremy going for a ride.

We had our second annual "Ollie Michel" reunion at the cabin this last weekend and it was a lot of fun! It was a very different year this time because we were small in numbers, and those who weren't there were definitely missed. It will be nice to all be together again at next year's reunion. We still had a great time, though!! Thursday, June 23rd was our first night. We got up to the cabin pretty late so all we really did that night was eat dinner and then put the kids to bed, then relaxed and talked for a little bit.

Nate and Kyle searching the mountain for deer

The next morning, we had a nice breakfast and leisurely morning. The men worked on a project organizing the garage. We packed a lunch and headed off on a boat ride and "hike". (I put this in quotation marks because it was more of a walk up a path, maybe a quarter mile. But it was just fine.) We drove the boat across the lake and found a nice spot to dock, then after eating our lunch we walked a little. There was a little stream running into the lake and we couldn't believe what we saw! At least 50 fish or so were stuck in a little pool in the stream. We weren't quite sure why they were there, but we think they were spawning. They were LARGE trout!! (I forgot to bring my camera on the hike and I was so bummed I didn't get any pictures of this- but it is true.) Jeremy and Aaron and Nate were able to walk through the stream and catch a whole bunch of fish with their BARE HANDS and just throw them onto the bank!! How fun!! We took 4 or 5 back with us. When they picked them up, a bunch of little orange eggs came out, so they must have been spawning.

Heidi couldn't resist stuffing the whole s'more in her mouth.

That evening was spent fishing or catching crawdads, going on motorcycle rides and just relaxing. John came up for a few hours with Colton and it was nice to see them. Jeremy fixed us dinner and then we roasted some s'mores by the campfire. That night, the adults had fun playing games and watching a movie.

" I can't believe I am actually touching this thing!"

"I am a pro crawdad- catcher."

The next morning, after breakfast, some people went down the lake to see how many crawdads we had caught. Kyle was so excited about the crawdads- we had at least 30. He learned quickly and with no fear, how to pick them up behind their arms and had a great time playing with them on the deck. Erika was even brave enough to pick one up! After lunch that day, we cleaned up and headed home. Overall, it was a great time. We are so grateful for a wonderful family and we love you guys!

Handsome and lovin' life in the walker.

3 comments:

VickiJuly 6, 2011 at 6:49 PM
Looks like so much fun cept the crawdads.... yuck!! I love the cute pix of Jared.... I almost leaned up to my computer screen for a huge kiss on those fat cheeks.
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Elder and Sister MichelJuly 10, 2011 at 8:43 AM
Dear kids: it looks like fun, we are so glad that you could all go and enjoy the cabin for a while. Hopeyou had fun. Sorry that fishing hasn't been better, when we get back we will have to practice more and get better so you can catch craw dads and fish (not out of a little stream!)

we love you and hope you have a great few weeks as you prepare for Erika'[s birthday --soon!
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Elder and Sister MichelJuly 10, 2011 at 8:47 AM
It is so kool to see Kyle and Erika having no feel picking up those little pincher things and not haveing any fear! you must be getting bigger!
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Parkinson funnies

Nov 2012- Aaron was watching football on TV and Jared came out saying, "I want to go watch grass!"

Dec 2011- Heidi said one morning, "Mom, there's frosting on the house!" (on a cold day when frost was on the house).

June 2, 2011- Driving in the car Kyle said to his sister, "If you don't learn to talk, Jesus will make you talk Spanish." (He explained later that he actually meant sign language. That's how he thought it worked.)

Feb 28, 2011- Kyle said, "I don't like to have babysitters because they are only supposed to take care of babies!" Then we explained that they can take care of bigger kids too.

Dec 15, 2010- Kyle said, "I know how they make egg nog. First they dump in the eggs and mix them around. Then they put in the nog..."

Oct 20, 2010- Kyle said, "Mom, is some cheese blue?" I said it is called blue cheese but isn't really that blue. He said, "Well, then does it taste like blueberries?" I love all the questions he asks about how the world works- He's really trying to figure things out.

Oct 7, 2010- We were driving by Arctic Circle and Kyle said, "Is that the hamburger hut? I like that hut." I am wondering if he was remembering a time when we went to "Pizza Hut".

Aug 12, 2010- We were driving by a farm where there was a big fire burning up the field and Kyle said, "Dad, is that where the indians live?"

Aug 8, 2010- We were driving in the car and Kyle said, "Dad, I think I 'm truck-sick." "You mean car sick?" "No, truck sick- when you're sick in the truck."

Aug 2, 2010- We were headed off to a doctor's appointment for the baby and he was crying. Kyle said, "Mom, I think he's crying because you said he is going to get a shot."

June 28, 2010- The other day at dinner it was Heidi's turn to pray and daddy was helping her. She was just repeating everything word for word when he got to "Please bless it.." and said it 3 times. Finally I had to open my eyes to see what the hold up was. Well, little Heidi was just stuffing spaghetti in her mouth as fast as she could and it was hanging out all over. We all just bust up laughing. I guess she just couldn't wait any longer!

May 19, 2010- On the way home from the hospital after seeing their new baby brother, Erika said, "When I was born mom and dad said that I looked blue." Kyle said, "And when I was born I was pink and red. "

Dec 9,2009- The other day we were eating dinner and Kyle didn't want to eat. He said, "I don't like to eat aliens!" We told him there were no aliens in his dinner. Then, realizing what he was talking about, I said, "You mean onions?" He kept calling onions "aliens" and we got a kick out of it.

Nov 20, 2009- Erika lost another tooth at school today. Kyle said to her, "Erika, when my tooth gets loose and comes out, I'll give mine to you."

Oct 10, 2009- Today Erika said, "Mom, someday when I'm older, I want to get that recipe from you!"

Sept 9, 2009- We couldn't find our puppy anywhere and had driven all over the neighborhood to find him. Finally about 2 hours later Kyle showed up holding him and I said, "Where did you find him?" He said, "In the killer-box". "The what?" "The cooler-box". He had stuck him in a cooler in our backyard and forgotten about it. We were glad he was okay!! I felt terrible and gave him some extra TLC for a little while.

Sept 4, 2009- Erika said tonight, "You know what my favorite thing is about school? It's lunch... and learning... and break!" We said, "Isn't that the whole thing?"

Aug 17,2009- We were camping and had brought all our bikes. As we were leaving camp for a little while, Aaron commented that it might have been wise to bring a chain to lock up our bikes so they wouldn't get stolen. Erika said, "Or, we could have just brought a sign that said, 'DON'T STEAL!'".

July 12, 2009- Today at church Kyle looked at my Young Women's Medallion and said, "Mom, is that you on the necklace?"

July 3, 2009- Kyle had been sleeping down in Erika's room with some friends and came upstairs before we went to bed. He said, "Mom, there was some noise down there. I think it was the tooth fairy, coming to get the loose tooth."