by Papa K on November 15, 2016
This past weekend we headed to Minneapolis to help our cousin Aidan celebrate his Bar Mitzvah. The whole extended family came in and we had an absolute blast playing with our cousins. We spent some solid time in temple and the girls did great, but certainly the best part was the party on Saturday night. I don’t think the girls left the dance floor for more than 2 minutes – I was quite proud of my little dancing machines!
Maile and Lauren with Aidan and Caleb
More cousin goofiness!
Family Picture (Maile - 7 and Lauren - almost 4!)
The grandparents and their grand children...
The full crew: Lauren, Aidan, Maile, Caleb, Harlow and Lexie
Just the sisters looking good for temple
With all the cousins in the age range of 1.5 to 10 years old – they had lots of fun running all over the camp ground together. (NOTE: I realize that Lauren is missing from a lot of these photos – we’ll get to her 🙂 But since she’s a bit younger she didn’t have the run of the place quite like Maile Girl.)
Maile became fast friends with all her cousins. If she wasn’t being piggy-backed around by Aidan, she was off exploring with Natalie, chattering with Katie or playing tag with all the older kids.
One of my favorite pictures from the weekend - one of those you look back on in 20-30 years. From left to right: Cooper, Olivia, Max, Rachel, Katie, Maile, Caleb, Aidan
Maile playing the pusher with Natalie and Harlow
Definitely a special bond between Aidan and Maile
Candle making with the cousins
Hay ride time!
Just the girls this time headed out on the water - Maile, Natalie and Harlow
Climbing trees with Natalie
We got home a little while ago from an amazing weekend in Michigan with Grandma Jill’s side of the family – over 50 members attended our family reunion. We’ll share much more over the course of the week, but wanted to post a quick one before bed.
Almost as soon as we arrived, Maile donned a life vest and headed out on the canoe with her cousins, Aidan, Caleb and Harlow. (What’s kind of funny is when I looked back at the first reunion Maile attended, the first pictures I posted were also of her in a kayak…)
Caleb, Maile, Harlow and Aidan braving the lake... and old enough to go out solo!
The rugged adventurers at the start of an amazing weekend!
Hey! What about me!? Wait up!
It truly was a fantastic weekend as you’ll see from the future pictures I share – the best part was definitely seeing all the cousins running around and playing with each other. It was awesome!
