I am so lucky to have grandparents that value the importance of getting together as a family. My Grandma and Grandpa Hendrickson have tried to have a family reunion about every other year. This year they rented the Sunrise Resort over at Bear Lake from June 29 to July 2nd. This place is amazing. It was so big that you would have never known there was over a 100 people staying there. At one time or another during the three days, 113 of the 125 were there. I love how much of my cousins and aunt and uncles make every effort to come.
Me and the kids went up Tuesday after work and stayed all day Wednesday. Tuesday night my family fixed Philly Cheese sandwiches. Everybody loved them. After dinner the kids went swimming in the pool. That night we stayed up late visiting with the cousins and watching movies in the big theater room.
Wednesday morning after breakfast some of the family went to Minnetonka Cave and some went to Bloomington Lake. All of the Julander family, and Crosby, and Trent's family went to Bloomington Lake and went off the rope swing. Maisie and Parker were to chicken to go off of it and I was completely fine with it. It freaked me out a little bit. We were there for a couple of hours. By the time we got back to the resort we were all starving. We had a quick lunch. The rest of the day we just hung out and visited with the family. A lot of the kids swam in the pool. Kids just can't get enough of swimming. After dinner we presented my grandparents with a large envelope of thank you cards that everyone had made for them. They loved them. Afterwards, the kids did a relay race out on the lawn. We left about 9:30 to head back home. We had a great time and I am so glad that we were able to go.
