Family Reunion

2010년 8월 16일 시어머니쪽 (4자매) 온 가족이 모였습니다. 대략 세어보니 80명정도..그래도다 모인건 아니랍니다..대가족에 이런 대가족은 처음입니다. 4박 5일 산속에서 생활하니 답답하기도 할건데 혜빈인 뭐가 그리좋은지.. 엄마 아빠는 찾지도 않고 조카들과 시댁 식구들과 참 잘 어울려 놉니다..

On Aug. 1, 2010 we had the Porter family reunion!! This was the first reunion in about 15 years and there were about 80 people their...most of them kids. We were camping for 4 nights, and although at times it got a little boring Olivia had a BLAST.  I don't think we saw her for the 5 days we were there.  She loves playing with her cousins.

식사는  한집씩 돌아가면서 준비하고, 낮에는 아이들 위주로 게임도 하고, 미술 작품도 만들고, 저녁엔 다 같이 모여 캠프파이어도 하고, 나름대로 알차게보내고 왔습니다. 다른 조카들과 놀려고 낮잠을 꼬박 꼬박 자던 애가 5일동안 낮잠을 안자겠다고 해서 애를 많이 먹었습니다.. 이후론 낮잠을 읽어버렸습니다.

Each family took turns cooking meals, and during the days there were a lot of games and projects for the kids.  At night we had campfire programs and games.  It was a lot of fun.  Olivia had so much fun playing with her cousins that we couldn't get her down to take a nap.  Ever since the reunion, Olivia doesn't want to take a day time nap anymore.  

 

용감한 우리 혜빈이...

마지막날 밤 가족당 장기자랑이 있었다..다들  장기자랑 준비를 많이 해 와서 보여주는데...헉... 우리 가족은 준비된 장기자랑은 없고 특별히 잘하는것도 없고 마지막 수단으로 혜빈이를 울며 겨자 먹기로 내보냈다..혜빈이가 종종 부르는 '아이스크림' 노래를 부르기로 했다.  설마 설마 했는데상상을 뒤엎고 어찌나 그많으 사람들 앞에서 떨지도 않고 잘하는지..몇날 준비하고 내보낸거처럼 너무 잘해 기특했다..우리 혜빈이가 엄마 아빠 살렸네.혜빈이 최고....

Olivia is so brave....

The last night of the family reunion we had a talent show.  A lot of people put time into preparing something for the show.  Our family, of course, didn't prepare anything for the show.  So we decided to let Olivia sing one of her favorite Korean songs,"Ice Cream" in Korean.  We didn't know if she would be brave enough to actually do it, but sure enough she stood up there in front of all of those people and sang "Ice Cream" at the top of her lungs. We were so proud of her and of course thought she should've taken 1st place.  Racist judges :-)