Thursday, May 10, 2012

Brown County 2012!

The whole crew (minus little John Vlach, who was napping)!
We had another great reunion with my best college girlfriends and their families!  Once again we all met up in Brown County, IN and stayed at a big log cabin that fits our group of 17 (and that number seems to inch up every year!).  With 8 adults and 9 kids, we are finally outnumbered!  The kids have so much fun together and all get along so well.  This year the hot tub was a big hit - the kids went "swimming" many times each day.  They also passed their time going on hikes, looking for bugs, and walking to the farm next door to catch a glimpse of the cows (and one day, we even ended up with a huge wandering cow in our front yard!).  When playing inside, they were entertained with dance parties, playing dress-up, and checking out each others' toys.  Cassidy and Gavin were so sad to leave when the 4 days were up!  Of course we adults had our share of good times too, making large group meals together, chatting and laughing late into the evenings, and checking out the scene in nearby Nashville, IN.  It's a trip I look forward to year after year!
Our cabin - "A Hidden Treasure"
The very popular hot tub!
Making s'mores around the campfire
Exploring the great outdoors
Group hike!
Great fun rolling down the hill (although not as fun later when all the kids had weird rashes and scrapes!) 
Rapunzel and Kermit
Girls' day out in Nashville - where we each picked out a new spring scarf!
Funny faces ~ great pals!