family reunion.

The weekend after the fourth, we went to the Kussee Family Reunion!  Grandma and Grandpa Kussee have deemed it the "Odd Years" reunion due to the fact that we all get together during the summer of years ending in odd numbers.

This year, we all met 10 miles outside of Delta at the Power Plant.  It seemed a little strange at first to be having a reunion at a Power Plant, but it was big enough to fit us all and keep us cool during the hot summer days.  It also kept us dry from the massive rain storm that happened while we were there too!  It was pouring like cats and dogs one of the days we were there!

We got there and had a delicious dinner and then we got to work catching up with family (at least, Tyler did) and I got to work on meeting most of extended Kussee family for the first time. 

We played games galore inside and helped with food preparation and setup during the weekend.  Grandma and Grandpa kicked our trash as Skip-Bo and Wizard.  We listened to stories from aunts,  uncles, and grandparents.  We tried to keep all of the names of the littlest cousins in order while wearing jackets to keep warm during the day (the air conditioning was out of control!) and keeping an industrial-sized fan on all night to keep us cool.

Unfortunately, we ended up not taking a lot of pictures.  The fluorescent lighting didn't lend to great pictures and neither did the nasty '80's walls.  We also forgot to get it out to actually take pictures!  Whoops.  One of Tyler's cousins took a ton of pictures, including group pictures and family pictures that we'll hopefully get copies of.  

One day, I want a house with the exact same color of walls that are in this picture (insert sarcasm here).

 {J and T}

Uncle Lon is a pretty swell guy.  Definitely one of a kind and extremely likeable.  I think I could talk to him all day and listen to his stories and thoughts.  He's been through a lot and he's quickly moved up my list of favorite people in the world.

 {Morgan and Uncle Lon}

 {Airyn and Kole}

 {Papa Kris, Tyler, and Boog}

Nanner and I took four pictures just to get this picture.  He kept laughing and scrunching up his nose or sticking out his tongue to make me laugh.  This one is the closest thing we got to a "good" picture.  

Having a little brother kind of rocks.  Nanner is the best.  Even though he lets off some pretty pungent stink bombs.  

 {J and Nanner}

Mama Becky worked at this puzzle the entire weekend.  She was bound and determined to finish it before we left.  And she did!

She's one dedicated lady.  I think I would've given up after a finishing the red stop sign.  The black and white would have driven me nuts!

One word.  Dedication.

There was an entire room full of pool tables and a ping pong table.  There was usually at least one group of people playing pool at one time or another.  T rocked the ping pong table with a younger cousin (2nd cousin?) who ended up idolizing him by the end of the weekend.

{Tal and Stu}

It was a fun weekend of sleeping on our camping cots and using our sleeping bags.  

We even learned to play a little Shuffleboard while we were there.  It got a little addicting after a while! Seriously.  I never knew what all the excitement over Shuffleboard was until I tried it.  

I now want a full size game board in my house.

Tyler was happy boy with biscuits and gravy for breakfast and baked potatoes for dinner.  Papa Kris made everyone sushi for dessert one night, which turned out delicious!  After we ate the sushi, we ate some Smore's cooked in the oven.  The industrial-size kitchen came in helpful for feeding 50 people and it ended up being a fun weekend!