Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Purdy Family Reunion 2010, Lake Wedowee, Alabama

Welcome to our awesome vacation! We spent a weekend at Lake Wedowee, Alabama, where we . . .
Admired the Southern view,
(Dad and Mom)

Admired our new lil' cousins,
(Dionne, Emerson, Choobs)

Hung out with Rikki,
(Madeline, Raleigh, Rikki)

Spent time being sisters,
(Raleigh, Choobs, Madeline)

Celebrated a wedding anniversary,
(Dad and Mom)

And warmed up to the tube - it's been a couple of years!
(Grammy and Raleigh)

We cheered on cute cousins,
(Grammy and Dade)

Relaxed on the boat,
(Madeline, Kenda, Dade)

Found cozy spots to fall asleep,
(Raleigh)

Got a little more brave on the tubes,
(Dionne, Madeline, Dallas, & Raleigh)
Covered our ears,
(Grammy and Choobers)

Tubed with our cousins,
(Dionne & Choobs, Nate & Calvin)

Got a little splashed,
(Dionne and Choobs)

Waved to our adoring fans,
(Nate and Calvin)

And waved to each other,
(Dionne & Choobs, Nate & Calvin)

And realized we were having fun!
(Dionne and Choobs)

We got a little more brave again - at least enough to go faster this time,
(Grammy and Madeline)

Then got a little crazy,
(Dallas and Raleigh)

Passed on the boat driving to toddlers,
(Nate and Calvin)

Got crazy with our sisters with a little help from Grammy and Daddy,
(Grammy & Madeline, Dallas & Raleigh)

Swung like monkeys,
(Madeline)

Enjoyed our mom and uncle,
(Grammy, Nate, and Calvin)
Posed for group photos,
(Grammy, BoBo, Nate, Calvin, Madeline, Choobs, Raleigh, Dallas)

And got silly!

We climbed many flights of stairs,
(Choobs and Dallas)

Jumped in the lake,
(Raleigh)

And couldn't stop smiling.
(Raleigh, Calvin, and Nate)

We laughed at BoBo who was laughing at David,

Who absolutely made our day! (Videos of this scene later.)

We passed around babies,
(April and Emerson)

And gave cheers to great cooking!
(Everyone)

We let our sisters fix our hair,
(Madeline and Choobs)

And took on the impossible . . .
(David and Dallas)

Obviously.

We licked beaters,
(Madeline)

Soared,
(David and Dade)

Cried,
(April and Calvin)

Roasted marshmallows indoors,
(Dallas and Madeline)

Swung,
(Madeline)

Took out the trash,
(Dallas and Dad)

Took a walk for old times' sake,
(Dallas, Dionne, Madeline, and Dade)

Admired big trucks in our diaper,
(Dade and BoBo)

And the magnolias,

And the cute parents,
(Dad and Mom)

And the cute couples.
(Kenda and Dave)

We wanted to eat scrumptious babies,
(David and Emerson)

And look as good as our sisters-in-law,
(Rikki, April, and James)

And we finally decided we like the tube! (She laughed the whole time!)
(Dionne and Madeline)

We caught some ZZzzz's (and need to catch a few more to recover from all the fun),
(Dade)


And we think we'll come back again!
(Rikki)

4 comments:

  1. What a fun vacation!!! It looks like everyone had a BLAST!!! What great memories to have forever!!!

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  2. It looks like it was so much fun!

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  3. Oh Dionne! You did an awesome job summing up an amazing couple of days! What great memories we all have...we LOVE the Matthews family!!

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  4. COOl post- what a great time y'all had!! Beautiful cabin, beautiful family- those Purdy's are the cutest- your Dad cracks me up!
    I'm glad y'all did what you guys always do best- spend time at the lake! Wish I was there! :) You look fantastic!

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