Family Reunion at Lake Almanor

Second leg of this summer's travels (July 15th-21st): Camp Conery at the southern end of Lake Almanor in northern California.

We had a week-long vacation with Glen and his side of the family. This year we saw some family members who hadn't been able to come the last few years, so it was extra nice. The weather was perfect...warm in the sun and cool in the shade.

Activities: playing at the beach by the lake, boating, tubing, water skiing, horseshoes, volleyball, frisbee poles, basketball, board games, card games, eating, napping, walking/hiking, visiting, reading, holding Tessa, square dancing, and for two of us it meant proposing and being accepted and then keeping it a secret from most everyone else for a week or two (Alicia and Dallin are now engaged and will be married on December 20th in the Reno Temple. Congratulations you two!)

I had been told they were "just friends." Ha!

scenery on one of our walks

Sunday after church (Glen, Ryan, Andrew, Eric, Beth, Hannah, and Alex)

The pavilion where we eat, visit, and play games

Becky and Hannah with their books

Andrew is the middle of telling us about his mission

Hannah mid-serve

volleyball spectators (Grandpa, Sarah, Andrew, Amanda, Becky)

Alan, Amanda, Haley, Ryan, Glen, Teresa, (Sarah), and Andrew

me next to the lake while on one of our walks

Hannah and Becky getting ready to go out into the sun

David and Tessa

Sarah and Andrew battling it out (usually Sarah wins these battles)

very cool

Brandon, Eric, Alicia, (Calista)

Alex and Ben playing frisbee pole

What do the states Vermont, Rhode Island, and West Virginia have in common?

On our recent 25 day, 4 leg, and 4,259 mile long vacation, those were the only states whose license plates I couldn't find to mark off on my map. I'm still looking.

First leg of our vacation (July 10-15): Brookings, Oregon to visit my folks.

Second leg (July 15-21): from Brookings to Lake Almanor, California for the annual Perazzo clan reunion.

Third leg (July 22-25): after spending a night in our home, we went down to Vegas to attend my nephew's wedding.

Fourth leg (July 25-Aug 3): from Vegas we drove to Missouri and Illinois to see church history sites and then we toured Iowa and visited the places Andrew served in while on his mission there.

Today's post if about the 1st leg of our journey:

Brookings, Oregon, Sunday July 10th-Friday July 15th. (well, my parents actually live in Harbor, Oregon)

We didn't spend as much time there as we usually do since there was just too much happening (Glen, Ryan, and Hannah were in Salt Lake for Youth Conference July 7-9, so we couldn't leave any earlier), but we still had a great time. Things we enjoyed:

Visiting my parents. Temps in the mid-to-low 60s. Going to the portrait drawing session at the Manly Art Center (and my kids being the models). Taking walks. Atlantic Pacific Ocean (some of our children were confused as to which ocean we were visiting). Tie dying t-shirts. The beach. Tide pools. Frisbee golf. Chalk art. Playing scrabble. Attending a dress rehearsal of the community production of the musical Lady Pirates of the Caribbean. And the last night we were there, we all attended the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: part 2.

Andrew, Alex, and Glen as we walk towards the harbor

Hannah with some chalk art (done by someone else)

Andrew, Alex, and Eric posing for the drawing session

Do you get the impression that Andrew and Ryan are cold???

Glen and Alex playing frisbee golf on the beach

Grandma, Ryan, Eric, Andrew, Grandpa, Hannah, and Alex

Glen, me, Mom, and Dad