Cowley Reunion

So at the end of September we had our Cowley Reunion. My mom is a cowley, so it was with all of her siblings and their kids. I think the whole entire family minus my sister and older brother were there. Some of their kids came with my parents so at least they had representation. I think that I heard there were like 98 of us. I LOVE going to these reunions. It is fun to see all of my cousins that I have so many memories of growing up with, playing endless hours at the park, swimming, babysitting etc. We used to get together quite a bit but since the family is so big is just hard. This year our Aunts and Uncles turned it over to our generation, so the cousins. I think that Mindy was really the one that took the bull by the horns and organized and got us all our duties etc. So thanks Mindy! We had a really good time other than a freak accident that happened. All of the sudden out of nowhere a big gust a wind came and picked up a tent cover and it was headed staight towards a lot of people. My cousin Thom saw it and tried to grab it with no luck and it slammed right into my Aunt Jackie. I was clear across the grass when I heard the screams and looked up in time just to see it hit my Aunt. I was so worried that she broke a hip or something because it hit her hard and took her down hard. Thank goodness that didnt happen, but she did end up breaking her elbow and wrist. My cousin Thom that was trying to help also broke his wrist. Can you believe that?! So random and awful. So off went my mom and aunt jackie to urgent care. We all enjoyed visiting and getting reacquainted. In fact when I was driving off I got a little teary eyed and sad that we don't get to see family as much as I would like. I have a great family and feel very blessed to be a part of it!






Some of the guys played horse shoes. By the time I got over there, butch and jeremy were playing against uncle trey and my dad. It was hysterical to watch them all play because it got really competetive! Guess who won....butch and jeremy! At one point when things were winding down my cousin rhett decided to dump a big container of cold water and ice on rob. It was so funny because he was lugging this big cooler around running after rob. They were running and running around...these 2 overweight guys huffing and puffing trying to out run the other. I think the weight of the water was too much for rhett so he pitched the water but it didnt get rob. They were both completely out of breath. My other cousin dustin went after rob to try and help his brother rhett catch him but it was too late the water was gone. It was definately a good laugh!





We had races on the big ski boards. Some of the kids were really good. I think it was Rhett's daughter and Jeremy's daughter that worked great together and walked around like it was no big deal!





This is my cousin winter....she was in charge of the cupcake decorating. As you can tell by the picture she went all out. So many cute colors and candies to choose from. She did an awesome job!


One of the games we played with the kids was a race to see who made the first mummy. The kids are all so dang cute!