Please Note: Border Crossing Rules

VERY IMPORTANT

If you are crossing the border from the States, please review the information in this website.  It will tell you what is allowed to cross and what is not.  DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THINGS THAT CANNOT CROSS, IT WILL BE TAKEN FROM YOU.

http://www.beaware.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml

T-Shirts are Ready to be Ordered!!

Carol Jean has finished with posting the T-shirt designs online and they are ready for you to order for your family members.  We decided because there were so many to be ordered and we didnt get any responses about sizes and quantity, we would post where you could get them and then you can go get how ever many you wanted for your family.

You can order your shirts here at Zazzle for a double sided shirt, or here at CafePress for single sided shirts.  Both sites have different style shirts, from adult to baby onsies, and you are welcome to get whatever suits your fancy and size.

Please note, we would like to take a large family photo on Thursday of everyone in a t-shirt.  It would look pretty sharp if you all could have one for the photo!!  And think of the nice memory it will leave of the fun you are going to have at the reunion! 

Order quick so they get to you in time to leave!  Remember, only 10 days left til the week-long Reunion Party!

Final Itinerary

I came up with a final draft of the itinerary and it's very relaxed...there is lots of time for individual activities and hanging out to get to know people, naptime, and other activities.  Check it out and if there is something you would like to add that you think others would enjoy, email me with your ideas! 

Cardston Harkers and Obrays

2010 Reunion

Itinerary

MONDAY, JUNE 28

• Check into Campground and Hotel (s)
• Shopping at Costco and grocery store
• Opening Dinner, BBQ at the Campground

TUESDAY, JUNE 29

• Waterton all day.  Picnic lunch together, hiking, ice cream, boat rental, whatever anyone wants to do (boat rental is up to each family if they want)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30

• Group Breakfast at Campground
• Cemetary trip
• Short family history activity

THURSDAY, JULY 1

• Canada Day/Aunt Marcia's Birthday Celebration--either Potluck picnic, or BBQ
• Fireworks that evening in Lethbridge 

FRIDAY, JULY 2

• Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
• possible temple trip for those interested

SATURDAY, JULY 3

• Closing dinner at Campground, not sure of theme yet

SUNDAY, JULY 4

• Pack Up, Check out, Head home.

***NOTE*** All meals not listed in Itinerary are left to each individual immediate family, and should be planned for accordingly.  If you like you can do these with some of your cousins, or you can keep to yourselves.  If you are in a motel but would like to cook your own meals, you can definitely bring your food to the campsite to cook and eat with the rest of us.

All activities NOT specifically mentioned on this Itinerary are NOT planned group activities.  If you would like to do something not already listed here, you can either plan it yourself or you can mention it to me and I can add it if you like.  This was designed to have some large group activities, and the rest of the time is left to do as you will.  We will have board games and playing cards and frisbees and outdoor play things, and I believe some people are bringing their softball equipment to play some softball.

T-Shirts

CJ (Carol Jean, Uncle Bryce's daughter) came up with a fantastic design for the t-shirts for the reunion, and now we are just trying to figure out sizing and how many to order. 

If you are coming to the reunion, please email me (click the link to the right of this post) with the amount of t-shirts you want for your family and the respective sizes you'll need.  Depending on cost, it might be cheaper to just get adult sizes even for the kids--so the kids would get adult smalls or extra smalls instead of ordering kid sizes as well as adults. 

Please let me know asap so CJ can get our order into the company in time for us to have them for the reunion!!

Getting close...

Hey everyone!  The reunion is a month and 4 days away!  Are you ready?   Are you coming? 

In a couple of weeks I have to call the campground to cancel any sites we will not be using.  If you are camping and you haven't told me yet, you need to do so NOW so I can count your site in and not cancel.   I will be calling on June 21st because I would like to get my deposit refunded on any sites that go unused.

So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get the word out and let people know if they want to come and camp, they better email me or "Facebook" me so I can keep a site open for them (or for you, for that matter.)

I will be working on getting a revised itinerary up on the site so you can see what we will be doing.  Much more lax than the original draft--a couple of big activities each day, and the rest of the time, everyone is up to do what they want.  We'll have some games and playing cards and things for downtime activities.

CJ is working on a t-shirt design, and we are looking for people to bring cameras and to take pictures so we can all share our pictures and have lots of documentation!!

I do still need some help from people to help me with food for the large group meals.  If you can please let me know if you would be willing to help cook, make menus and such that would be great!    I know some of you have those wonderful things called Costco memberships, and that would be great if we could use them and pay you back.

Gwen was nice enough to let me know that if you are in the States you can bring up sodas and water and chips and such, just no meat or fresh produce.  So stock up before you leave if you have room because lots of things are more expensive out in Canada!

One last thing before I go.....DON'T FORGET YOUR PASSPORT!!  THIS IS LITERALLY YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET ONE IF YOU HAVEN'T YET!!!!  AND BRING IT WITH YOU ON THE TRIP SO YOU CAN GET ACROSS THE BORDER!!!!

Love you all and I hope to see you in a little over a month!!  YAY Reunion!!

Contact Me!

I have added a link to send me an email on the right hand side of this page.  If you have questions, would like to volunteer to help out, suggestions, comments, etc., please feel free to send me a message and I will do my best to get back to you on it in a timely manner! 

I would love some help from all of you, so please please please feel free to let me know if you are willing!  It would be awesome to have an army of helpers to do different activities!

Love to all of you!

Carmel

Okay, So I know things have gotten slow...

I was waiting on some responses from you all so we could get things going as far as planning goes.   I am going to pick up the pace as far as getting things reserved for a lunch at Waterton, and also the other activities we would like to reserve.   

So far, it looks like we have 55 confirmed people showing up.   If you know of more than I do, please let me know.   I can post the numbers I have here and who I am expecting if you like. 

Also, please let me know what you would like to do as far as meals?  Would you like to do your own thing most of the time, and then some of the time do a couple of large group dinners/lunches?  Or would it be best to just do community food on a regular basis?

Thanks for being patient!  Please respond!!

Carmel