Family Reunion

Things just get harder to schedule as your kids get older and they have kids with schedules of their own....  Last year, we didn't have our annual summer family reunion since we had just lost my Dad at the end of January and none of us felt like planning it.  This year, though, I thought it would be good to get things started early so I checked some calendars and found that our usual date in August is already scheduled for the Tornio family reunion.  Two weeks later, Mom, Susie, and I will be in Alaska so that meant that August was out.  (Note:  because Scott only has Ian on alternating weekends, we really only get 2 weekends per month to plan).  Steve will be in Vegas one of the weekends in July and the Gall family reunion is another of the weekends and the other weekend in July is immediately following the 4th.  June seems to be too early for a lot of swimming so.....

Anyway, it was decided to go back to the original 2nd weekend in August and the kids can hit both the Carter and Tornio family reunions in the same weekend.  We also thought it would be nice to invite the extended family so I sent Facebook invitations to everyone for August 10 & 11 at Currier's Lakeview Lodge in Rice Lake.

Tonight, I went on Currier's website to book a room for us for that weekend and they appear to be full on the Thursday and Friday nights of two consecutive weeks (including the week that we want).  Saturday may be available.  It wouldn't be the end of the world -- I suppose we could stay at some local motel on Friday night and move to Currier's for Saturday night, but it would be annoying.  Not everyone stays Friday night anyway; many come for the day Saturday and leave, others come on Saturday and stay overnight.  It's really those of us coming in from elsewhere that would have to move.  On the plus side, staying at a motel on Friday night would give us a swimming pool before moving to the lake on Saturday.

Anyway, I'm going to call there tomorrow and get the scoop.

[Side note:  when we were in Rice Lake Thanksgiving weekend, Steve and Stacy stayed at the motel with the nice pool (I forget the name) so the kids could swim.  They hadn't been in the pool very long when some other little kid threw a water-soaked nerf ball and hit a light fixture, which broke and sent glass all over the floor.  It didn't take very long before they decided to close the pool.]