A couple weeks ago, we had the Sedgwick Family reunion at the Scera Park and pool. We always rent out the pool after 6:00 for a couple of hours. We got to the park around 3:00 to visit and eat dinner. They always have a silent auction to raise money for the next years reunion and this year, Addie found something that she just HAD to have. She put her name on the list and would not leave that spot in fear that someone else was going to out bid her. She stood by it for almost two hours until finally I had to write my name under hers so that we would be sure and get it. That satisfied her and she finally left her spot so she could eat. During all this, Sadie and her cousin Oaklee had been playing at the playground that was near our pavilion. I was keeping an eye on them, or so I thought. Brent, Ryan's brother and Oaklee's dad decided to walk over to the playground because he couldn't see them at the moment. He came back and said that he couldn't find them, that they were not at the playground. I immediately ran to the bathroom's and was in the process of running down the isle throwing open stall doors looking for them when a lady came in and asked what was wrong. I told her my two three year olds had disappeared from the playground. She immediately asked what they were wearing and their names and had her whole group immediately looking for them too. I ran the whole park twice with no problems because my adrenaline was pumping so high. I kept telling myself that we were going to find them and that no one had taken them. I was not going to be the out of control parent running, screaming and crying because I knew that would just make it worse. Ryan had this feeling that they had gone to the pool so he went over there and just as he walked in the gate, he heard a page saying that Oaklee was looking for her daddy Brent. Ryan ran and found Oaklee and asked where Sadie was. Sadie was swimming in the pool without a care in the world. They had walked through the gate, dropped their clothes (swimsuits were underneath) and jumped into the pool. Luckily Oaklee thought that Brent was lost so she went up to a life guard and told him that. We were so grateful that we found them and had a long talk about not going anywhere without telling mom and dad. We didn't have the heart to get mad because we were so relieved to have found them. The other exciting thing that happened at the reunion was one of Ryan's cousins from Kansas fell about 15 feet out of a tree and luckily only broke his arm. It was broken so bad however that they had to put him out in order to set it.
Other than those two exciting events, the reunion was relatively calm and yes, Addie did win her prize that she bid on.
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