Does this look like fun????
The summer of 2009 once again brought the Shubzda clan together to celebrate our annual Lake Olympics. I guess we are blessed to have the entire family live in the area and be able to gather at Cedar Creek Lake for a weekend of friendly competition and lots of laughs. Seems like all of the other holidays we assemble, eat, open presents, visit quickly and rush to get home. So....planning an event where we are together with nowhere to run to and no time limit on hanging out just seemed like the thing to do.
Each year it is each families duty to come up with a new game for Olympic competition. How about "shaving cream squash" and the "smartee suck"??? Are we really digging that deep in our game bag? You have to get the workings of the great minds in our large family to know that you never know what you might be up against in the race for the coveted trophy.
It is way too much food, squashed sleeping quarters (23 bodies in a not so big lake house), laughs, 100 degree plus temperatures, and complete chaos but we are creating memories that will last forever.
Between olympic events there is time to fish and swim and ski and just float in the lake. Did I mention how blessed we are?? We look forward to this time all year long. Where else can you gather and just enjoy each other for 30 hours and no one has to leave to go anywhere. We have all wed, had babies, lost siblings, lost sons, been through cancer, watched our babies grow and now are watching these babies get married and have their own kids. We laugh together, cry together, celebrate together, support each other, and love each other. Our family keeps getting bigger and stronger together and just that much more fun.
The summer of 2009 once again brought the Shubzda clan together to celebrate our annual Lake Olympics. I guess we are blessed to have the entire family live in the area and be able to gather at Cedar Creek Lake for a weekend of friendly competition and lots of laughs. Seems like all of the other holidays we assemble, eat, open presents, visit quickly and rush to get home. So....planning an event where we are together with nowhere to run to and no time limit on hanging out just seemed like the thing to do.
Each year it is each families duty to come up with a new game for Olympic competition. How about "shaving cream squash" and the "smartee suck"??? Are we really digging that deep in our game bag? You have to get the workings of the great minds in our large family to know that you never know what you might be up against in the race for the coveted trophy. 
It is way too much food, squashed sleeping quarters (23 bodies in a not so big lake house), laughs, 100 degree plus temperatures, and complete chaos but we are creating memories that will last forever.
Between olympic events there is time to fish and swim and ski and just float in the lake. Did I mention how blessed we are?? We look forward to this time all year long. Where else can you gather and just enjoy each other for 30 hours and no one has to leave to go anywhere. We have all wed, had babies, lost siblings, lost sons, been through cancer, watched our babies grow and now are watching these babies get married and have their own kids. We laugh together, cry together, celebrate together, support each other, and love each other. Our family keeps getting bigger and stronger together and just that much more fun. 
At the end of the summer when I look back at these pictures I know how lucky I have been to become part of such a special family. Next year we will add two new members to our growing clan. A grandbaby will join us (mine!) and a new wife for my nephew Ben. So...we will squash 25 people into an overcrowded lakehouse and be so glad we can because there is nothing better than this.
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