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

I've applied for my passport, have you?

I just went to the post office today to apply for that passport...reminded that it can take up to 6 weeks.

Just a friendly reminder to get your application filled out so you have time to get it before the big trip!

Artist Needed...

We need someone who can come up with an awesome and creative design for our reunion t-shirts!  Whether it's with graphic design or something else, it would be great to have something tailored to the reunion for all of us to wear!

If you are interested in such a venture, please let me know by commenting here, or messaging me through Facebook.  Thanks!