What a trip!

What a day! We knew that it would be a bit of a running around day on Saturday. We had a family reunion in Lake Geneva, WI. I woke up that morning in pain, not feeling so hot. We finally made it out of the house an hour after we had planned, but still pretty okay on time...so we thought!
The traffic was HORRIBLE! I don't remember the last time that I have been is such a mess of traveling. Every corner we turned it was bad. Then at the end of it, after our final toll booth we had spoken with my dad (they had gotten there earlier in the morning to set up.). He said to get into the express lanes in the construction area, they were moving faster than the local. So we did. Then we watched the locals whiz by while we were at a stand still surrounded by cement barriers not letting us out. UGH. A 3 hour trip took just shy of 5. We finally got to my Aunts house for a little bit and then had to turn around and head back home. At least we made it right?! Frustrating.
But hey! I did remember my camera this time! Didn't get a chance to use it all that much, but at least I remembered it right?! :)

This is a washer game that Lou & Ryan brought when we went camping. We didn't get a chance to play it, so I lovingly convinced my husband to make one for us. We did not get a chance to play it until yesterday, and we had a blast!

Andy having fun with the lens.

Nice, Harry.

Hylok family -2. Jeff & Annie. It was a bit far for them to make it.

Jerlinga family -1. Kraig is out of state right now.

Cousin Matthew came with his wife Jen. Look at that form.

Trying to get our Polish flag just right in the pictures.

This was about 1/3 of the people that were there. I think they had taken a family picture just before we made it there.

Slight change in people in the picture.

The Jerlinga siblings with their mother.

Just girls.

Boys with their Ma.

Cousin Jen. Nina took right to her and Matthew. She just chatted up a storm with them, or to them.

Kids had about had it with pictures.

Nina kept making this smile. Funny.

Making Great Grandma happy...her great grand kids.

I wasn't going to put this picture in (not a great one). It got lumped in with the ones that I had sent to blog. I thought it was kind of funny with the juice box in the corner of the picture. We cruised straight home. No traffic, of course. Plus, Mema & Papa gave us their I-Pass, which made the trip faster as well...Thank you!

All and all it was, of course, worth the trip. We were happy that we made it. It was nice to meet some new people (family), hopefully our next get together will be soon and we can chat longer.