Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Tetlow Family Reunion 2009

The Tetlow Family 2009 I guess Chase was tired of all the noise since he put his fingers in eras for awhile to drown it out.
Everyone loved the water wars at Silver Dollar City.



We went to Silver Dollar City which is a large theme park in Branson with a western setting. Paige was picked to be in the magic show. This trick had her laying on a table and having several large metal stakes pushed through her body. She was so cute up there and was such a good helper. When she came back out to me in the audience she told me she didn't feel a thing.



All 23 of us got dressed up and had an old time photo taken. It was pretty funny. The little girls loved the dresses and hats and the boys loved the play guns and swords.









We went to a famous Branson show called the Presley's Jubliee, It was the first country variety show in Branson.

Jake and Kristin
Alex and Chase
Dustin
Alex's dad and Chase
Courtney
Paige and Aunt Kristin
Collette
Emma and Juliette


Uncle Wayne and Alex's dad have a catamaran they jointly own. The guys loved sailing it. Alex's dad had a yacht for several years that they all used to sail but he sold when he moved away from LA so the guys loved having a chance to sail again.



The kids love Uncle Jacob's boat. They loved to go tubing. Chase still has a few years to wait but loved having the wind blwoing in his face but not a huge fan of his life jacket.

All the adult girls headed for a spa day. Some of us got massages and others got facials. It was fun to sneak out of the chaos for a few hours for some pampering.
We played a dice game and unfortunately Wayne was the final winner that night. Heather won the first game.
First night in the lake house. The kids were so excited to see their cousins. This house was awesome. It was huge and had 5 master bedrooms and 6 total rooms with a game room. It ws able to sleep all 23 of us and we could have probably fit a few more.
Our hotel was right of the River Market in downtown Little Rock and we visited this awesome Framers market the morning before we headed to meet our family in Branson.
We stopped for a couple nights in Little Rock, Arkansas. Our hotel was downtown and we could walk to the Bill Clinton Presidential Library. They had a space exhibit there which the kids loved. Alex tried a mock flight simulator that spinned him pretty good.
This is Alex and the girls posed in front of Lance Armstrongs bike and yellow jersey that he donated from his win from the Tour de Frnace several years back.
Every year Alex's family gets together for a family reunion. Usually we go camping for a week at a lake but this year we rented a house on lake in Branson and had a great time. We were missing Alex's youngest brother who is a freshman in college and was taking some summer school courses and has a PT job but everyone else was able to make it. We boated, sailed, went to a show, Silver Dollar City amusement park, played games, and took an old time family photo plus a lot more. Our family stopped in Arkansas on the the way and stayed in downtown Little Rock and visited the River Market and the Bill Clinton Presidential Library. We had a great 10 days of vacation.

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