The Reunion

So Michelle and I got back from our holidays and it seems that Michelle doesn't hate my family. As if she could. In truth Michelle was feeling a little overwhelmed at the thought of meeting my extended family. She is really quiet and she doesn't like to feel stupid. Not like me. I have no problem making an ass of myself. But Michelle if you know her likes to fit in and not rock the boat. She was really worried that people wouldn't talk to her and that she would be bored out of her tree. Or that I might leave her stranded in the main hall and be off playing football with the boys.

Well Michelle succeeded in getting to know the other relatives and by the end of the weekend she was making shopping plans. Funny that she would desert me and go shopping for earings... They are very nice by the way....

The reunion was great, and we were able to catchup with the family. In total there were 72 people and we were missing a few. Probably around 15 or so people couldn't make it. It was really weird seeing some of my second cousins that I don't really know all that well because when we had the last reunion some of them weren't even born and the others were like 5-8 years old. Man am I getting old...

We were fortunate enough to stay with Monica and Jurgen and Michelle gets along really well with both of them. Monica is my aunt that is three years older than me, more like my big sister... Jurgen is great because when we get together it is all football. Go Cowboys Go...

One of the funnier parts of the reunion... at least to me... We rented an outdoor community pool. We had private access to it so it was only people from our family. It had one of those waterslides that you would have at a pool at your house. I called over to some of my cousins and said watch this. I climbed up on slide and when I was at the top, I started yelling across the pool (which was probably about 100 feet long) Hey Mom... Mom.... Where are you Mom.... Watch me go down the Slide.... Over course everyone was looking and laughing, except my mom... She didn't realize that it was me because she thought it was one of the younger kids.... I kept calling out and finally someone said he look at your son... I was still calling out... Mom can you see me... Watch me go down the slide... Finally she watched and down I went.... Everyone was laughing, except Michelle of course. She was just glad I didn't call her name... That wouldn't have been as funny though...

So after all of the reunion stuff, Michelle and I went to Banff. We took a bunch of pictures and had a great time. We rode the Gondola up a mountain and then walked to the summit. It was really enjoyable, but once we got back we were bagged. We headed to Magpie and Stump for some Mexican food and it was awesome. We also had a chance to get an old time photo done and we look hot!

When we got back to Calgary we slept like babies.

We decided to come home early and just chill out and that was great. Now it is back to the grind... I realized that I hate wearing a suit. Oh well now I have to pay for the trip...