As the temperatures outside are dropping (albeit ever so slightly), we are saying "so long" to summer. My dad's side of the family was scheduled to get together for a Labor Day picnic but it got rained out. We rescheduled for the next weekend and although not everyone was still able to come, we had a great time hanging out and enjoying what now seems to be like the last weekend of sunshine and pool time!
Katie isn't a water baby and preferred to run around the pool and hang out in the shade.
Katie and Lucas (he's 4, she's 2 1/2) had fun hanging out and talking together. It was easy to forget they were "babies" as they told each stories and sipped their Juicy Juices together in the sun.
My dad and his siblings. They haven't all been together in many years and it was a really special time together so we made sure to snap lots of pictures!
The cousin cousins. Or second cousins or something like that. All of these girls' parents are first cousins, so I need genealogy.com to tell me what that makes them to each other. From left to right, there's Amilia 'Mimi', Katie(youngest), Sofia (oldest), Gracyn, Morgan, and Sierra. These girls were hamming it up for the camera and could've had their pictures taken all day long!
The boys, not so much. They could've cared less about capturing family memories. They made no effort to say "cheese" or "snufflepants" or anything. But somehow, we managed to get a decent picture! Back row, Jacob (oldest), Benjamin. Front row, Lucas (youngest), Brycen, and Logan.
The first cousins! We are the kids of the elders 3 pictures up...We're missing 5 of our first cousins, all of which are boys...Again, we haven't all been together in probably 10 years. From left to right, Stacy, Michael, Cathy, Amanda, Michelle, me, David. Not able to join us were Gabriel, Josh, Cary, Tim, and Scott.
The kids loved the pool and we had a hard time making sure they ate since their eyes were on the prize of the water! We tired to get them all to hold still for a picture and this is about as successful as we could hope for! The variations of bunny ears in this picture cracks me up! Especially Lucas!
We had a great time celebrating FAMILY! Many thanks to Aunt Betsy and Uncle Phil for opening their home to all of us for the day! Special recognition to all the spouses/in-laws who aren't in any of these pictures...I'm sure you'd rather not have photo evidence of being linked to our family, but we love you just the same! Thanks for being a part of the Wilhelm family!
4 comments:
Yes! it really was a special day! Everyone was busy the previous week and the week after so just to all come together was wonderful! It was good to see 2nd cousins and cousins once removed! Also our adopted brother: Jared!
Sounds like such a great get together! I love all of your pictures. The one of Katie with all her girl cousins is soooo cute!!
We did have a great day of sun, fun, food & family. It has been quite a while since we've seen some of the cousins. We still have some living outta town & we missed them. Now that others have moved back to SC they will be able to join us for our annual bash. Our little cousins are precious & it was a truly a blessing to see the next generation playing & having fun. We should do this more often. Love & Peace to the greatest people on the planet. (love your blog Rachel!)
Katie has so many cousins, I'm sure that she is going to have so much fun with them at family gatherings every year! I LOVE that first picture of her. She is so beautiful and she looks so grown up!
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