Over the weekend was our 2nd Annual Sandquist Cousins' Weekend. We head north to our cousin Mary's cabin, near Cross Lake, Minnesota. 7 of the 9 of us cousins were able to make it. Jill traveled from Pennsylvania, Todd from North Caroline, Jodi & Lori from Twin Cities, and my sister and I from Iowa. The only two missing were Mark in New York and Sarah in Pennsylvania. We hope they can make it next year.
Lori spotted "whiskey plates" so we had to do a quicky u-turn and go see for ourselves!
We had lots of fun, lots of food and beverage (alcoholic for everyone but me!), lots of laughs and lots of memories/stories of our family. We are already looking forward to next year's. Some highlights include:
- Jodi's Pink Panty Pulldowns - a new drink of vodka, pink lemonade
- Amy's orange slushy drink - even I enjoyed this one as she made me a virgin one!
- Lori getting Mary & Jill addicted to the Bud Lite Chelada (beer with tomato juice)
- Mary's acrobatics during a wild game of Guestures
- Todd's fireworks shows & wakeboarding skills
- Jill's attempt to waterski on one ski for the first time while some young boys used binoculars to observe
- One surprise baby shower for me! All gifts were in celebration of our G'ma Lorraine
- Learning about "Whiskey Plates" - special license plates for Minnesota residents who have had 3 DUIs...the plates all start with the letter W
- Mary's great new fire pit
- Jodi's "slide" into first base in a mean game of wiffle ball
- Amy's graceful jump serve that landed her face down in the sand during a volleyball match
Some photos from the festivities:
The stash of candy we enjoyed all weekend.
Lori spotted "whiskey plates" so we had to do a quicky u-turn and go see for ourselves!
The beautiful campfire...courtesy of our firemaker - Todd!
Lori displaying the wonderful Chelada!
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