Gearing Up for FamilyPalooza 2014

I've spent the last minutes of my life reading our Cousinpalooza Blog. Really. It was only a few minutes. We weren't that prolific, yet I am pretty happy with the fact that we used this thing even once! Shouldn't surprise me, though.

Patrick is always. blogging. always.

When anyone asks me about our Cousinpalooza trip for this year, I get to tell them that it's *actually Familypalooza.

Last year every grownup that spoke of our trip did so with such a yearning, with wish and want just dripping from each word, that we decided every other year we would include them.

We're givers.

This year, we have a gorgeous house rented on the Grand Lake. Look. It really is gorgeous. And we should each one of us have a good place to sleep. That's the game plan anyway.

So the house is rented. I have directions and the key location in hand.

The koozies and t-shirts have been printed. Taryn's got them ready.

I couldn't resist the opportunity to own one of these bad boys so we've got that too. Dad will bring the air compressor. 

Mark spent a goodly amount of time and ordered replacement parts and some for back up and got the old family 8mm movie projector working. There were too reels of film with it and we watched them the other night to do some testing for any issues. It was pretty amazing. 

MeMe and Papa are laughing and so happy. 

I can't wait to be surrounded by family and the lake and great laughter and food and drink and just re-fill on all of it.