Sunday, July 26, 2009

COVERSTONE REUNION, FAMILY FUN

On July 25th, we had the Coverstone Reunion at our house. From Left to right; Dave, husband of Pat (jim's sister), Susan Mooney (cousin) and her mom, Aunt Jane, David (baby brother of the family), Kevin, Alex, Jim, Floreen, wife of Paul (Jim's brother).
Picture with me and Susan is missing.
Siblings, Dave, Pat, Jim and Paul, Annie is missing.

We all had a good time. Jim and Alex couldn't decided whether to ride the 4-wheeler or play air hockey, so they wore their helmets and played air hockey.Then they rode the 4-wheeler.I think this was everyone's favorite thing to do. Several people had never ridden before. On their first ride they were going so slow, by the end of the day, we'd see them zip down the field in a blur.
Floreen was wearing a skirt, but luckily it was stretchy. Paul told Floreen where the brake was about 4 times.
Pat cruising on her first ride.
Dave backs up out of the garage.
We had other outside activities.

Alex and Susan cooled off in the pool, but I missed the Kodak moment. Inside, David tries to conquer Guitar Hero.Pat and Jim share pictures and stories of our Coverstone Family History.
In the garage, Big Brother ties to whip Little Brother in a game of air hockey.Spouses compete.
What is a family reunion without food, food and more food?

We had a candy jar, guess how many candies? Pat won the jar of candies. She guessed 298 and there were 333 candies.
Alex drove the car over to where they were shooting the shotgun at the clay pigeons. Driving, the grandkids love it.
Alex wanted to shoot the shotgun, but he decided it was too heavy and too long. As you can see, it is as tall as him. The gun is special to Jim, it is his grandpa's 12 gauge shotgun.

Alex, helped Jim load the shells and fling the clay pigeons.




We recently hung this hammock that Crystal brought back to Jim and I when she went to Mexico, more than 10 years ago.
I asked Alex if he knew what the rope was for. In this video, you can see, he has it figured out. At the end of the video, he pretends to hit his head on the branch. Such an actor!


At the end of the day, I asked Alex, "What was your favorite thing that you did today?" He said, "Hmmm" and thought for a moment. Then he said, "My favorite thing was spending time with you." Awwwwwww

2 comments:

The Smith Family said...

Oh that just warms my heart about Alex. What a little sweetheart! :)Looks like the reunion was a good time and you had lots to do. See you in 4 days!

Kelly Burks said...

I can't believe how long Alex's hair is! I wish we could have made it to the reunion. Looks like everyone enjoyed themselves. See you in four days. Are you picking me up Friday night from the airport?