Brooks Family Reunion

This weekend was the Brooks Family Reunion (my dad's family). We only have one every 5 or 6 years so, it was really fun to get to see everyone but, also very hard to remember names. Our family has grown a ton since our last reunion. Our reunion was up at Little Creek Ranch. It was such nice weather except at night it was a little chilly! Friday we have a bunch of activities to do in the morning. It was fun because they made it so the adults and children to do everything. We had parachute, horseshoes, shooting clay pigeons, and kickball. I think shooting became the favorite! There was this teetor-totter that was a blast. It was fun to watch the kids try and figure out how to get it going. You had to have close to equal weight across from you, so the kids switched seats a few times and got it going.
Our family was in charge of lunch. We did hogies, salads, finger jello, and LOTS and LOTS of desserts! No surprise there! :)
While we were starting to get lunch ready Walt cut his finger almost all the way off. You could see the bone of his index finger. He left a pretty big pool of blood so, while my dad drove him done to the hospital to get stitches we cleaned up the mess and finished getting lunch ready. After lunch we went fishing at Red Creek Reservoir. Ben (one of the cousin's husband) caught a fish and the kids caught crawdads with Nate. When we got back Nate fried up the fish and those who wanted to try it enjoyed it!
Dinner was nice and relaxing. We all just kinda hung out outside and watched the kids play. Then, came karaoke which was pretty fun too. Especially all of the back up dancers! :) Dad did great singing "Honeycomb" with kalynn and grandma jo! It was a lot of fun to be with family and visit with those that we don't get to see very often!