For those of you reading who aren't related (and that may about 2 of you!), a large number of the Henke cousins get together the 3rd weekend in May in Gruene for a weekend of camping, river fun and then the Jam on Sunday.
Up until this year, we have only gone for the day on Saturday. Last year, we decided that we needed to go to the Jam on Sunday, which would require us to spend the night, which in turn would require me to sleep in a tent! Holy cow!
The weekend started off on Saturday with a day full of fun at the campsite by the river. We were smart this year, finally, and decided that it would be too cold to float so we all just hung out at the campsite, ate and drank all day and had a great time just talking! Of course, some folks, young and old, braved the cold water.
Anneliese had a great time playing with Megan, Luke, Ella, William and Klayton! They had bubbles and water guns and had a blast! She just loves playing with her cousins.
She played so hard that she had to take a little break. Luckily, Grandpa was ready for a little break too!
Later that night, the craziness began! Some of us enjoyed playing cards while the rest of the Henke crew brought out the guitars and sang the night away. They really all do think they're the next Bob Keen or Cody Canada! I don't know about all that, but they're not bad and they certainly have a good time.
Then, it was on to sleeping in the tent. This is my first tent experience since I was about 10 and I wasn't really so sure how it was going to work out. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I don't have any pictures of us rookies putting up our first tent but it all went rather smoothly and I think we'll be camping again!
Sunday was the Jam and it was a great day! This was our first Jam and we loved it and loved seeing all of the different bands. We don't get to see as much live music as we would like so it was a lot of fun! We will definitely be making more appearances in years to come. It is a super long day so you can probably see the decline of all of us as the day goes on.
Here's a few shots of early in the day:
Here's a nice shot of me and my new friend, Wade! Jason and I had to stalk him to get this picture. Luckily, Jason is quite the schmoozer so he got me in!
The group as the day goes on:
And finally, a couple shots towards the end of the day. Nice air-guitar, guys!
Thanks for organizing another great Jam weekend, Jeff! Thanks for all of the good times to everyone that was there this year! To those of you who couldn't make it this year, we definitely missed you and hope you'll be back in coming years.
