Our Thompson Family Reunions are one of our favorite times of the year! McCall is so beautiful. We love spending time with all our cousins. This year we extended an invitation to Uncle Russ(my dad's twin brother) and his girls Gina and Janet(my first cousins) and their family. We welcomed them to the crazy! We'll see if they return again next. We sure hope so. My dad's other brother Jerry and his wife Vicky also joined us for a couple days.
As always we spent the week playing on the water. We purchased a giant floating lily pad this year for the kids to play on. It was a huge success and even better success for us because it doesn't pop! The skies were a little smokey at times due to the wild fires in the area but we didn't let it ruin our week. The kids continue to get older and older every year. This year the big hit was learning how to fish! Especially for Ryan. Unfortunately he never actually caught one, but learned how to cast and reel in. Zach and Kate worked on perfecting their surfing skills of course. They both accomplished letting go of the rope! Ryan and Preston weren't huge fans of anything behind the boat, but they sure loved the Kayaks. They especially loved the water fight between us and dad!
We also discovered and made a new tradition of going to the Back Alley ice cream stand. Their scoops are huge! We will definitely be returning again the next time we travel to McCall. Some other new finds included Justin running the Ponderosa State Park and our girls walk to Little Payette Lake. And for a special treat the men sent the women to the spa for messages. We got spoiled!
No matter how many times we repeat this trip we always find new ways to keep it fun and exciting. Until next time...
