Family Reunion '09

This year for the 8th Annual Family Reunion we had a Staycation at Eric's mom (Cedulie) and step-dad's (Luis) house. Eric's step-sister, Susan and her (new) husband Tom flew out from San Francisco to join the rest of the family, since the rest of us are in Maryland now. The reunions started when Eric and I were dating. His sister, Stefanie, made a "crazy" move to Baltimore and the family, especially Cedulie, wanted to be more intentional about getting together. It has evolved from camping at different areas in SoCal, then camping at the farm to time-shares and this year, just a time to hang out, eat and play games (pool, board and lawn- yes we are a game family!)

The girls started each morning dancing.

They danced all day long.

Audrey danced with Ducky, as shown here with this great lift.

They love eating together...
and relaxing together.

We swam..went to the park...
played bocce ball...

and croquet.

Here's are comparison pictures from last year...

We had a great time together and are so thankful for our family.