citius, altius, fortius...

I'm not sure we were higher, faster or stronger, but we had a ton of fun at our family Olympics on the weekend! First off, the weather was actually summer -like for the majority of the weekend, which was a first, and on Sunday, we gathered 24 assorted family members and others for events such as water balloon tossing, 3-man slingshot launching, blind rowboating, and nail driving. (I kicked my husband's butt in the blind rowing - but I had way better callers that understood the difference between left and right - he was not so lucky.) However, all that counts is the time, and mine was better. So there. And my son! (here comes the proud mother bit...) in t he three man slingshot, most teams used the 20-40 year olds for strength and distance. His team (the flaming skulls), used him as the launcher , with a couple of 20ish cousins holding the ends. He hit the target bang on, a feat no other team could do! Other than the fact that that put his team ahead of mine in the standings, I was very proud of him.

I'm going against everything I've always said about posting recognizable pictures of my kid, but in a group this big, I'll take a chance. What a great group - ranging in age from 10 to 84, every generation got along, and it was hard to tell where the family left off and the friends started. Everyone was family for an afternoon and evening. We forget how important family is, and in this case, how much fun they are. I had more fun catching up with the 20-ish generation - they were my son's age the last time I saw some of them, and they've grown into some fine people, people I want my kid to emulate. And having cottages on the same lake will help with that - we just have to make more of an effort to do this again.

I know the Olympics are every 4 years, however, I really think in this family, we're going to make it an annual event.

And I did knit this weekend as well - there are finished pictures of the bulky cardigan, but since tonight is my Guild meeting, I'm going to give them first look at the finished product (they always get it second hand, after seeing the pictures here).