This past weekend was a blast as we had a lot of Jennie's family in town visiting her Grandmother. We had all her aunts and uncles from her dad's side and a couple cousins (Ken & Helen, Chuck & Suzie, Dan & Karolyn, Harvey & Kathy, and Michael & David). It is always a lot of fun when everyone gets together and can spend some time together. I know our kids, and I am sure all of them, love to hang out and play with those they don't get to see quite as often. Maddux still calls Harvey "Bee-trap" which is a name Harvey came up with 2 years ago on a visit to California. Everyone came in Friday and stayed until Monday making it a long but quick weekend. I know that the kids played extremely hard, as did some of the adults, and there was lots of good food all weekend long. The weather was perfect and we couldn't have asked for a better weekend. I am sure that Grandma Elaine also enjoyed seeing all her kids and having them all together. It is just a shame that we can't get together more often. We are glad that everyone could make it and that everyone returned home safely. Here are some pictures from the weekend.
There was a lot of backyard baseball this weekend and was mostly the Uncles throwing to the kids. Here is Harvey pitching to Brooklyn.
Harvey again pitching. The best shot of the day was Chuck throwing to Maddux and Maddux hitting a line drive right back into Chuck's chest. I believe it left a mark as the reaction time isn't what it use to be.
Nolan drinking some bottle water. I just love the way he wraps his whole mouth around the drink and then turns it upside down. A word to the wise : don't ever let Nolan drink out of your drink unless you are done with it. Jennie learned that the hard way a long time ago. He tends to backwash and you will end up with floaties in your drink after he is done.
Nolan just hanging out watching the other kids play. These kids were so worn out at the end of the night. It was kind of nice because there was no fight when it came to bedtime.
There was a lot of corn hole with the adults and as much as I hate to admit it, Dan and Chuck cleaned up. I am not sure if they even were beat. The fact that Greg wasn't there gave everyone a chance.
We did celebrate Chuck's 60th birthday on Sunday with a little cake. He turned 60 a few weeks back but figured we would celebrate it since everyone was in town. Of course the kids had to help him blow out the candles.
There was also a talent show for the kids on Sunday and Nolan did somersaults. He really hasn't developed a talent yet, outside of eating, but has picked the somersault thing up. Like his brother Maddux he does the headstand during the somersault. He almost looks like one of those streets dancers who contorts their body all around.
He hasn't quite figured out how to stick the landing yet but we will work on that.
The swing is another favorite attraction at Grandma and Grandpa's. It does lead to an occasional fight but for the most part they are pretty good about taking turns. Nolan loves to climb all over it any way that he can. Payton has also become a very big fan of the swing in the last couple of months. One of these days I will have to get her on video in it.
Here is everyone watching the kids during the talent show. There will be a video of that later on.
Here is one of the cutest pictures of the weekend. Karolyn holding Cambrie who is sucking on Karolyn's arm.
Brooklyn smashing Harvey's pitch. I don't know how far the ball went but the trajectory looks good.
Not sure what Brooklyn is doing here but it looks like she is massaging her mouth.
Brooklyn and Kenzie watching Dan get Brynnley.
The adults also played hard as apparent by Dan taking a little nap. Not sure how he slept with all the noise from the kids but he does look comfortable.
As promised here is a little video from the talent show. I am not sure what happened but I missed the first verse of David's song. He sang the song from the Wedding Singer and did a very good job. Maddux then does some of his kata and a routine that Michael helped him with. Thank you again Michael for taking time to work with him a little bit. I know that he loved it and will be talking about that for some time. Brooklyn then does a hula-hoop routine followed by some jump rope. She is very good at the hula-hoop and as you will see in the video would probably still be going if Jennie wouldn't have told her to stop. She was crowned as the hula hooper of the month for her class a couple times during the year. I know she didn't get that from me. Then Maddux demonstrates a little of his self-defense with me as the victim and finally Nolan does his somersaults. I hope that the quality is ok and that you enjoy the video.
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