Birky reunion ~~ one

The Birky reunion held in MN at my uncle Stanley's house was this past weekend July 23-25. Brent suggested we ride with them in their van since it has the capacity to seat 8. So, we did. Four children, four adults..it was a cozy ride, but it really worked out quite alright. We left a little after 5 am on Friday and got there 11 hours later. 

One of the "dance parties" we occupied our time with in the van :) It's a nice look for Ben.

Let the weekend begin....

OPENING CEREMONIES:

I was on the Friday night committee, and we were in charge of the opening events for the weekend festivities. We had a series of games/tasks for groups to complete. I must admit, the rest of my group is to take credit for these fun filled activities...I was the score keeper :) Here are several of the random games/tasks...

Ray and Mitch "passing the potato"

Mitch, Dad, Brad attempting to put cotton balls in the bucket using their vaseline dabbed nose only

Russell, Teresa, Kari trying to get a cookie set on their forehead into their mouth using only their face

The Uncles in the peel the potato contest....Kenny is one fast potato peeler!!

It was a nice kick off to the weekend.

After the games were done I couldn't help but notice this...

a beautiful sunset.

and this...

a HUGE double rainbow.  (There was no way to get it all on one picture)

I can't help but think that it was a symbol that Grandma and Shirley were there with us. They were both missed, and definitely not forgotten.