The Weekend

Friday evening was the begining of the 2011 Stoker Reunion for Jeff's 5 brothers and their families. The more adventurous family members decided to float the canal...

That evening we watched Tangled, then it was off to bed. Uncle Wade camped out in the tent with some of the grandkids since the rest of us are too old and lame for that sort of thing. Kamden started out on the couch, but during the night he slid right onto the floor...

Saturday morning Kelly made buttermilk pancakes and Jeff cooked the eggs, then it was ouside for backyard games. Despite what Mark says, Jeff and I schooled him and Brad in Badminton...but I'm pretty sure that Wade & Lauren were the reigning champions.
It was a hot day and supposedly the best remedy for such a situation is a dip in the pond...

...but not before a water fight...

That evening we went to a place called Steadman's where they have 2 big water slides, a zip line, and other fun things. I don't know how many times I went down that water slide but my legs sure hurt the next morning from climbing up the hill so many times. And my head and my back from when Brian, Sierra, and I had the bright idea to ride a tube down together and couldn't slow ourselves down so we slammed into the tires at the end of the slide and crashed. Our legs went up over our heads and we ended up in the mud. Probably not the best idea since Sierra is 7 months pregnant.

We had yummy dutch oven chicken & potatoes for dinner then roasted s'mores afterword.
Sunday morning we all went to church before a group picture...

Followed by a lawnmower ride...

Then Grandpa & Grandma Stoker came over and shared stories about their parents and their childhood...

And then there were more lawnmower rides...

And Sunday afternoon snorefest naps...

And ended the evening with card games.
The 2nd annual Stoker Milk Jug golf tournament was Monday morning resulting in a tie between Mark & Tyler, defeating last year's champion, Jeff, who hopes to reclaim the title in 2012.

And Wade won Closest to the Pin...

After the 4th of July parade we all had pizza in the park where Owen was attacked by a little boy who decided Owen's arm would make a good chew toy. The mother apologized saying that her son was a biter, but I had another name in mind for him...
Later, Aunt Lauren kept the kids occupied with fun crafts:

Then we had a bbq and shared memories of Grandpa Hurst before going to watch fireworks at Grandpa & Grandma Stoker's house. Afterword we lit some in Mark & Becky's backyard before calling it a night...