Family Reuion time

It is that time again. Every summer for the past 25 years we have gotten together with our cousins from all around the country. California, Washington, Florida and NY.  Now that everyone is getting married and having kids it is getting a little crazy. But very fun!

We do a lot of eating and hanging out - Barbecuing up some hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch, pizza for dinner, and then Ralph's Italian ices for desert.  Good times. 

The old kitchen full of people.  So fun being with everyone.  A little surfing time.  It was so fun to be out there with Derek.  He did really good. Caught a few good rides :)  It was a perfect sandbar day at west gilgo beach. 

Look at Derek Shredding it up! 

Julie and Dan, the two little love birds. Julie just came home from her mission and she is adjusting quite quickly.  We really love Dan. I have been friends with him for almost 3 years now.  So we are hoping things work out between them :)

 

 Me and Derek Hanging out on the beach - My new hat, so excited about that :)

                          The boys all getting ready to go kayaking to the sunkin ship wreck

                                                                    Moms and their kids


A few years ago we started the Rathgeber Olympics.  So we all break into teams and paint each other with war paint.  And we have a list of events that people need to do.  (ex, sprint with a partner while holding hands, wheel barrel with a partner, go out to the ocean and paddle around a bouy.)

This year we had the adults do their own part and the last leg was that they had to roll into the ocean. Oh my goodness it was so funny watching them do that.  That was definitely my favorite part. 

We were the yellow team and we came in second.  Good job team. The little one is my aunt Barbabra who really stepped it up a notch and rolled so fast into the water. 

After the Olympics we all went over to the bay to take a swim and we played King of the float.

So when we were younger we would always play this game King of the float.  Its pretty much every man for themselves out there.  Its so funny as everyone gets older they are all so strong and fling each other around.  I decided to swim out there but I was not in the mood to be thrown off.  We got some cool pictures with these nice cameras.  In this picture it looks like Derek is walking on water.  And charlie looks like a monkey with that long hair.  Kinda cool :)

Such a fun week hanging out with my whole family and I loved having Derek there with me.  He will fit in quite nicely with everyone.

One last picture on Sunday

What a blast I had with Derek here.  The love of my life.  Now another week with just the Rathgeber's.  The house is quite a bit quieter.  But I sure do miss Derek. 

Then back to Utah and back to NetSmartz and planning a wedding.  Very Exciting.