Frost Family Reunion

This year the Frost Family (descendants of Harold & Beth Frost {Rachael's dad's parents} and their families) got together for a short reunion.  We are already planning for next year's reunion and hope to make it an annual event! 

Short family history: Harold & Beth had 3 boys: George, Donald & Charles (R's dad).  George married Cecie and have a daughter: Tara who is married to Alex and they have 3 kids: George (6), Sammie (3) & Michelle (1).  Donald married Cathy and had 3 kids: Rob (living with his wife & daughter in the NE part of the country), Ray who is married to Carley and they have 3 kids: Cathlyn (10), Allison (9) and Pierce (7) & Kay (who has passed away).  Charles married Jeanne and had 2 kids: Elizabeth who is married to Robert and they have 1 kid: Charlie (6) and Rachael who married Chris and has 2 kids: David (4) and Michael (3).

Out of those listed above, the following attended the reunion: Charles; Cecie; Tara, Alex & kids; Ray, Carley & kids; Elizabeth, Robert & kid; Rachael, Chris & kids.

We all had a good time and enjoyed getting to know one another (some had never met and for others it had been a while).  We met at the Thunderbird Resort in Burnet (on Lake Buchanan) for the weekend (July 29-31).  We are all within hours of there (Burnet, San Antonio, Houston-area), so it was a pretty central location for all of us.  Unfortunately the lake was extremely low, but we were still able to go out on Alex & Tara's boat (at least some of us were able to) for a bit on Saturday. 

Here are some pictures from the weekend (there are too many to post all of them!)

Our 'home' for the weekend

All Our Children.....

All the adults
(minus Chris who is taking the picture & Cecie's boyfriend Ted who is also taking pictures)

Redneck Recliner

A herd of deer showed up for dinner at the feeder close to the pool Friday night

David hitching a ride on Daddy....

Friday night pool party!

Trying to take a picture of the kids, but they weren't all co-operating

Charlie, David & Michael on the boat

Michael driving the boat with Alex

David driving the boat with Alex

Grandpa helping his great-niece Michelle on the slide

Sunday morning breakfast: scrambled eggs, biscuits, pancakes, fruit

Carley & Rachael working on Sunday morning breakfast

Gotta have some coffee!!!!

Lots of people and a small kitchen!

Another First...

The boys had corn on the cob for the first time tonight.....

Fun at the Zoo

Thursday (July 21) we went to the zoo. Grandpa Frosty and Cousin Charlie met us there.  Actually, they met Chris and David (Michael had a doctor's appointment at 9:30.  We walked over from Texas Children's Critical Care Center after the appointment and met up with the others) around 9:40.  Everyone seemed to have a good time. 

Michael, Charlie, David & Grandpa

Cousin Charlie

Look at the monkey!

Checking out one of the cats....

Taking a break by the duck lake

Boy's Dedication Service

Chris and I asked our pastor to do a dedication service for the boys on Sunday, July 17, 2011.  This was the cement that finished the foundation of our family.  We had quite a few family members present for this special time in our family.  Liz (Rachael's sister) was our 'official photographer' for the event.

Jeri (children's pastor) introducing all of us

Pastor Neil praying over the boys and for us as a family

Talking with Aunt Patty (Rachael's aunt on her mom's side)

Uncle Jim (R's mom's brother) talking with Grandpa Frosty (R's dad)

Robert (R's brother-in-law) visiting with Grandma Lela & Grandpa Dave (C's mom & step-dad)

Cousin Charlie watching everyone after the service

Circus 2011

A few weeks ago the boys and I saw the Circus Train heading into town (coming from Richmond/Rosenberg on the track that runs along side Highway 90). 

The boys said "Train!". 

I said "Yes, it's the Circus Train.  We will have to see if we can get tickets.  I wonder when they are coming into town.  I'll have to check and see."

Yes, I actually said "I wonder when they are coming into town".  Such is the thought process of a mom...

Anyway, Chris was off yesterday (Friday, July 15) and we decided to get tickets for the 10:30 am show.  We have been talking with the boys for several days about the circus, but I don't think either one really knew what we were talking about.  Since we don't watch much regular TV (mostly kids videos, Qubo and things like that), we haven't seen any commercials for the circus, so we didn't really have much to work with. (kind of like the concept of a zoo...).  We got there early enough to go 'backstage' and see the animals before the show.  They seemed to understand the idea of the animals, but all David wanted to see were the 'monkeys'.  Unfortunately they don't have monkeys in the show....

The seats we got were up near the top of the lower level (they only used a fraction of the Reliant Center) but not too bad.  At least we were one of the first ones to the bathroom during intermission.  A definite plus with so many kids running around!

The boys had a good time (even though they said "No" when asked if they had fun!  It seems that "NO" if the default response to most anything right now.  David said that he liked the motorcycles the best (they got 7 going in the steel ball: really cool to watch with the glow in the dark suits!); not sure what Michael liked best as I didn't hear his answer (Chris asked the questions).

Some of the pictures are dark and fuzzy (the result of low lighting and cheap seats):

The start of our Circus Adventure

Checking out the elephants before the show

Checking out the horses & lamas

Watching a pre-show demonstration
(I think we were watching clowns at that point)

Finally got close enough to see the acrobats

Daddy got the hat; we got the cotton candy....

Michael trying on Daddy's hat

David trying on Daddy's hat

First taste of cotton candy; they didn't really like it.......

Beginning of the show

Acrobats and Chinese Lions

White tigers and Orange tigers;
one of them didn't really want to cooperate with the trainer.....

The Motorcycles

They had 7 of them running at the same time inside the ball; really cool!!

Having fun during intermission

Mama liked the Elephant performance

Having a good time on Daddy's lap

Motorcycle on the high wire; Don't Try This At Home!!

Ending the show

A picture of the picture we had taken at the circus
(try to ignore the bright spot in the middle)

We all had a good time.  Looking forward to next year's show.....