MeckesFest 2011!!

About 2 weekends ago, Matt and I along with both dogs headed back home to Indiana to visit family and attend the 28th annual MeckesFest (fyi, I'm assuming its no coincidence it started the year I was born)!! MeckesFest is a large gathering of all the Meckes' each year, basically our family reunion but much more crazy and wild than a typical famly reunion! Traditionally it was always held in Rushville, primarily at my grandparents house but over the past 5 years or so we have branched out and tried some new spots for the annual party. This year we happened to go camping...in a campground and it was, um and adventure! By adventure, we camped in a tent and came home covered in bug bites, chigger bites to be more specific. I had no idea those really existed but they do, trust me! Oh yes and Sunday morning when we woke up, I found a tick in our bed, at that point I was done camping!
We had such a great time spending time with family though and it was a beautiful campground. We were camped out right along a river and had a lot of fun floating down the river in tubes! Dad especially loved the tubes!

Yee Haw!

My cousin Kiel set up a bloody mary bar on Saturday and it was ah-mazing! I mean really, it was awesome- gourmet bloody mary's!!

Anyhow, the weekend came and went all to quickly and I'm already looking forwar to next year's gathering...wherever it may be held. I'll leave you with a few pictures snapped from this years event...


Mark & Kellie relaxin in the river!



Coolin' off



Deep Thoughts I'm sure!



Warning: Do not pass out at MeckesFest!

During this trip we also got some QT with my momma...more to come on that later as the dogs LOVED running around in the country and especially the pond!