entertaining in style with David Caruso
presented by Marcus hotels and resorts
family reunions a lot of people think
about him in the summer especially they
can come in all sizes with a little bit
of planning everyone should walk away
with lasting memories that's right style
expert David Caruso is here with basic
steps and other ways to add those
special touches I'm so excited for this
because everyone has family reunions or
events it's my mom's 70th this year so I
feel like I'm gonna get some good ideas
yes I hope you do that's exciting
definitely time to celebrate and summer
is the most popular time for family
reunions so this should be fun yeah if
you got a big family you got to be
outside doing for everybody in the house
absolutely that's part of it alright
let's talk about the basics start with
that oh well you know one thing I always
say no matter what kind of entertaining
is get help willing and happy to help
yeah yeah I think for family reunions
it's all about setting up your own
little team of committees people to do
things like food activities be
responsible for the publicity set up
clean up but don't leave it all up to
you
definitely enlist some family members
for a committee it really will help you
be less stressed and have more fun
all right delegate right you need to do
well you know the great day of social
media you can track down relatives that
maybe you haven't heard from or seen
different great kinds of websites like
heritage comm all those things so track
people down using social media so you
can have a fabulous full party that's
neat and the information that you
include is important so obviously you're
gonna include the date that you're
planning and the time and where it's
going to be but there are the important
things that you can can talk about
including sharing what activities you
have plant because then people can dress
accordingly for example absolutely all
of those basic details very important
but you want to get people excited and
give them hints about what to expect
maybe what activities are gonna be
planned okay what to wear things like
that the cost per person or per family
is important to just give them all the
information maybe even create your own
family reunion website is it okay to
charge people I think that it depends on
your family circumstance okay give it a
cost per person like I didn't know if
like for family reunion if your just
invite
you know you just gotta expect to show
up and eat you know bring something to
yeah I think everyone does it a little
different the truth is family reunions
are such big traditions I think some
families already know that cost is
involved other families someone might
host it every year and it changes from
year to year and I think the activities
and what you plan is important because
you're gonna have people of all ages so
let's start with some of the activities
that you like one is a family tree yes I
am so excited about these activities I'm
starting with the tree oh it's so fun
right here we go this is a long lasting
memory of your family reunion here you
have this great thing we printed right
off the internet a stock photo of the
tree and then you can see you have the
ink pad here some pens and your family
can make fingerprints around the tree
I'm doing this from you guys that's
awesome sign there tree sign their name
at their thumb print write something
special and then of course make sure
your little station is set with some
cleansing wipes to get those prints off
with people's fingers this isn't so
involved that you're spending time
making charts this is just kind of a
cute way right you do it for the family
now Tiffany how about this for your
mom's 70th you have this at the party
everyone leaves their fingerprint on it
and then you can frame this in a nice
frame and give it to her as a gift idea
is really good and I see you've got this
purple this big purple one on there yeah
my family so I think we can definitely
take our photo there we go we've done
this before these we make at a great
local sign shop but there we are so fun
and see here's a great memory people
could post this on social media do the
photos and then sign shop do it at a
sign shop guys from Sinai Rama Delta we
have your yarn see this is so fun oh boy
this is so fun people that love to play
it at the bar now you can play it at
your party nice bucket full size dice
that you can get at a lot of big box
stores now shake it up and play a fierce
game of the yard Yahtzee it's awesome
okay let's talk about the family tree
capsule oh this is great an old paint
can and you want to make sure that all
of the memories last forever and here we
have some templates that we printed off
of the internet a little personal letter
to yourself and you can fill in things
about you you can write the
cost of goods this year different fun
things that everyone then will
contribute into the can uh-huh hammer
that up seal it and then it says here do
not open until 2022 okay see included
like this fun photo on so you can open
it up again it some later reunion and
see all the stuff that people wrote I
love that idea that's great really
simple and so much fun who's that baby
fun so here we go we keep this up a nice
photo board there uh-huh and you can
include pictures of people from the
family do you recognize anyone okay who
are they babies so much like my dad I
look like an alien I can't believe those
ideas I mean the whole weekend you got
enough activities for the whole week and
that's so funny if you want a special
place to have your family reunion we
have a great suggestion for you today
okay this is the haidle House Resort and
Spa Kerry iveco is with them and it's on
the shores of Green Lake it's just 90
minutes from Milwaukee we're super
excited to share some details about this
fun how are you good tell us about the
house ahead of us like we said it's just
less than two hours away from Milwaukee
on the shores we have 20 wooded acres
right on Green Lake which is the deepest
natural inland lake in the state so just
fine beautiful so this is a great place
for a family reunion and one of the
things that's important especially if
you've got a big family is not just
stuff to do we go fishing but also the
guest rooms that you had there you have
traditional rooms and suites with
panoramic lake views but you also have
these private vacation homes then people
can rent yes we have the stable how
in the guest house and one of them has
up to 14 guests and one of them up to 22
so how I have shared living space the
kitchen living room and so everyone can
really enjoy their time together what
kind of activities do you have because I
know there's sightseeing there's all
these different types of stuff to do
yeah one of the great things is our
escapade yacht it's a 60 foot catamaran
and so just those cruises along the lake
our captain's are just wonderful to give
a little history they're very
entertaining fun we do beer cruises and
wine cruises and it can be privately
rented out too so the whole family can
just enjoy their time yeah
they could play who's the baby yeah
there's hiking there's biking we saw a
great picture of fishing you can rent
pontoons kayaks ski boats there's golf
at a nearby Country Club their daily
activities like scavenger hunts and
nature walks
they're also lobster bakes pig roast
live entertainment
dine and sale experiences all that fun
stuff delicious food drink yeah all in
the beautiful shores of Green Lake so
here's where you can find haidle house
it's Heidel house.com the phone number
on your screen to make a reservation or
call for more information is eight
hundred four four four twenty eight
twelve for the Haida house Resort and
Spa so much fun you guys are great
because I love your idea take the yacht
I'll see you there I won't have on that
cruise we don't have to be family well
just pack this up and bring it there
thank you so much great to meet you we
appreciate it