Big Chill '09

This past weekend we celebrated the 10th year of "The Big Chill". Can't believe we have been doing this for 10 years already! It all started in July of 1999 when some of our friends were starting to graduate college and move away. Our friend Casey decided that we should have a "reunion" of sorts every summer. His parents owned a lake house in Granbury and we started by having about 8 of us there for a weekend to hang out, relax and go boating. As the years passed and more of us graduated and moved to different cities, we all looked forward to seeing each other during the summer, sometimes it was the only time we were able to see some people. About 7 years ago we also started doing a float trip to the Guadalupe and Comal rivers in New Braunfels, we rented a few condos and hung out for a weekend. Well about 3 years ago, the group had gotten a little bigger, as we have made new friends through the years, we decided that we should combine the two things and move"The Big Chill" to the river. We rent a house every year for 4 days and float the river and hang out. Below are some pics from the trip.
This year also happened to be Tanyas 30th birthday on Saturday so we got her a cake, had a few rounds of Jager shots and hung by the pool listening to music and talking. Also, as every other year, Bill and Angela were gracious enough to have us over to their home (the live in NB) for a BBQ feast on Friday night. We have gotten to know Bill and Angela through Bill's sister, Laura, who is a dear friend and who is also married to Patrick, another of our close friends. Laura and Patrick couldn't be here this year because they are expecting their first little one, a girl, this September! Letting some little things like pregnancy and the fact that you live in Florida interfere with The Big Chill!?!?!?..... Lame!.... Just kidding, we love them and missed them this year and they plan on being there for Big Chill 2010. We look forward to it!