Thorpe Thoughts...: Cedar Mills Keyser Reunion

The Fourth of July is always our Keyser family reunion - something we look forward to every year! Since our wedding, we've gone to a place called Cedar Mills Resort and Marina on Lake Texoma. It has been a great meeting place since we have nearly forty family members coming every year! We always have a great time just hanging out, eating lots of good food, playing some games and catching some rays! I'll post lots of pics to tell the story!

I took off Thursday and Friday and we were able to leave Wednesday after work and head down to Norman to spend the day with Mom and Dad there. Mom and I did some grocery shopping for the weekend and finished the last minute packing. Thursday afternoon after Dad finished work, we headed down to Marietta to Grandmother Flo's and Papa's to spend the night there. Grandmother made us beef tips and noodles, Aunt Marcia brought over fresh cucumber and Papa fried garden okra, squash and zucchini! It was so delicious and I couldn't believe how much we ate. We woke up the next morning to fresh coffee, belgian banana waffles, bacon and a nice warm southern Oklahoma breeze! We hung out and watched The Price is Right all together before we packed up and headed further south about 40 minutes. Friday was Mom's and Aunt Laura's birthday so once we arrived and unpacked our luggage we went to the Catfish Haven for dinner. Yummy yummy fried food!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Saturday was our anniversary celebration at Pelican's Landing... the "world famous" waterfront restaurant on the marina. We ate there last year to celebrate, too and had a nice time together. The breakfast buffet brings people from all over Texas and Oklahoma in on their jets. The private air strip is right across from our cabins! I wish I had taken a picture of all the jets flown in for breakfast.

Grandmother Gene told her famous Lucy Lou and the Pop-Eyed Parrot stories after lunch time for all the kiddos!

There was even a ladder golf ball tournament!

Lucy and me by the water

Fun in the sun!

Papa and Grandmother joined us again for fajita dinner!

Thanks for the cute shirts, Elizabeth!

Alena and I matched so we took a twinsie picture! Rachel made all the girls cute dresses, too!

Breck and Lucy building a sand fortress!

Lucy and Amelia with Uncle Jay.

Chris took Lucy on a jet ski ride! Such a big girl.

We even had a seed-spitting contest!

Sunday was burger night. Way to grill some beef, boys!

Sunday night Aunt Laura did my hair! Genessa and Jessie helped me process it with some heat!

Monday morning was picture day!

Family pic

Cousins from oldest to youngest! Only missing Ryan, Haley, Leslie and Lisa.

Monday we spent the day driving home (bummer) but we had already celebrated our anniversary last weekend so it wasn't too bad. Here are some pics that I promised from my previous blog posting...