HOTEL RESERVATIONS-RSVP

Please place a Comment if you have reserved a room in the Lodge, another local Hotel or a Hueston Woods Cabin.  If there are great deals please also put that in your comments section... I know families are looking!  We will make a few phone calls and see what we can come up with as well.

Lodge Link:    https://www.huestonwoodsstateparklodge.com

GROUP SITE RESERVED C25

I wanted to let everyone know that MY reservations are made... now get up, grab your credit card and reserve your campsite... I don't want to be the only one camping out! I have received a few confirmations for the lodge or cabins, but I would love it if some of the camping families could book and ensure we lock down the area for our reunion.  I would love to be able to limit the vehicle traffic so our little ones could ride bikes to the cross road and then through the loop and we could essentially block cars coming in to check it out... I hope.  :)

I have reserved C25 and C26; however, since I have not camped in this park before I am reserving by proximity to the play area and restrooms for our group site.  This is why I chose C25 as our group site.  I chose C26 for my camping site so that I can set up the coffee for everyone who crawls out of their tents and needs a good cup of java in the morning!  Yes, coffee pots are on my DO NOT LEAVE HOME WITHOUT list... maybe I can even see about some Bulgarian coffee/Turkish coffee before then... yum, that is definitely something I miss from my trips to Bulgaria!

I would love if each family that reserves a campsite would respond with what site they will be on.  This way if you have made a special friend along the way maybe you will want to camp near them.  Looking forward to seeing this section of the camp ground fill up.  Remember you Southern campers... when the Mid-West warms up everyone immediately begins to think of camping trips... this weekend is supposed to hit 60 up here... lets grab our sites before they begin to fill up!!!

Use this link: RESERVE HUESTON WOODS CAMPSITE


Thanks everyone,

Yvonne

Tentative Reunion Schedule

Yvonne and I have come up with a tentative schedule for our weekend reunion. As always, your feedback and ideas are appreciated:

FRIDAY

6:00 pm: family meet & greet, activities for the children (musical chairs, decorate your reunion shirt, etc.), campfire

SATURDAY

9:00 am: shared breakfast for all families
10:00 am to noon: cultural activities (probably age appropriate scavenger hunts), possible Q&A session for parents by parents if there’s interest
12:00 – 4:00 pm: free time for all families to have lunch, explore the park, take a nap, etc.
4:00 – 5:00pm: cultural activities (probably a Bulgarian dance/song lesson)
5:00 pm: shared potluck picnic, campfire with stories and songs

SUNDAY

9:30 am: shared breakfast for all families

Ready, Set... Put on your "Thinking Caps"!!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Please take some time this week to brain storm and submit ideas for fun activities for our picnic weekend.  Please denote applicable age group.  Please keep in mind total cost and time allotted for activity and provide cost estimate with your post.   One more challenge is to see if you can incorporate Bulgaria into your activity.  We want the activity posted either way… so put your thinking caps on and get posting!!! 

Ø  Group #1:        Adults

Ø  Group #2:       14-18 years old

Ø  Group #3:       11-13 years old

Ø  Group #4:       6-10 years old

Ø  Group #5:        4-6 years old

Ø  Group #6:       1-3 years old

International Women's Day

When I was a little girl growing up in East Germany, we were always looking forward to March 8, International Women’s Day, an event that gave us a special opportunity to express our appreciation for all the women in our lives from moms to teachers to neighbors. We always made cards and crafts and often performed programs at school for female audiences, including our homeroom’s Patenbrigade (sponsor brigade?) which happened to be the OR nurses of the local hospital.

In many countries around the world today, IWD remains an unofficial holiday to celebrate women. Bulgaria is one of these countries where the day is called Ден на жената. The event is popular enough that the local Bulgarian and Russian groups in my area are having a joined IWD party next weekend.

If you’d like to learn more about IWD, you can get started here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women's_Day.

Name This Reunion Part II

Here are several ideas for the name of our summer gathering. Please let us know which ones you like best or suggest other options, so we can begin working on a logo and t-shirt for our event soon.

Celebrating Bulgaria
Celebrating България
Celebrating Bulgaria ([Adoptive]Families) Retreat/Reunion
Celebrating България ([Adoptive]Families) Retreat/Reunion


Remember Bulgaria
Remember България
Remember Bulgaria ([Adoptive]Families) Retreat/Reunion
Remember България ([Adoptive]Families) Retreat/Reunion

Celebrating Bulgarian Heritage
Celebrating Bulgarian Heritage ([Adoptive]Families) Retreat/Reunion

Families with Bulgarian Adoptees Reunion/Retreat

From the Heart of Bulgaria
(Adoptive Family Reunion)

From the Heart of Bulgaria

Adoptive Family Celebration

Name This Reunion Contest

Every great event deserves a creative name, so we’re asking for your help in coming up with the perfect moniker for this reunion. We’re open to suggestions from young and old, Bulgarian-born and American-born, parents and children, friends and accidental visitors of this site. Anything goes, so put on your thinking caps and let’s name this reunion.

If you have an entry for this contest, please leave it here in the comment section or email it to me at viviane8 @ yahoo.com. We’ll put the suggestions to a vote on this blog next month and the winner will receive a prize.