Uncle Len, Cousin Nicole and her daughter Sarah come to visit

Sorry, I am a little late in posting this, so I am guilty of back dating, to keep things in some semblance of order...... In July my Uncle ,Cousin,and her 1 year old daughter Sarah made the trek northward to visit us, and even more importantly, Great Grammy. This would be Sarah's first time meeting her Great Grandmother, just a month after celebrating her first birthday.....Nicole had been planning the trip for some time, and Great Grammy was anxiously awaiting their arrival.


Group shot 2009

The Southern B's stayed with us and we had a really nice time, lots of eating, visiting, swimming, eating, walking, eating, and photos, and oh yes, did I mention EATING? Yes, I admit, I like to cook, bake, and eat...so I was a really bad influence on them, especially when they arrived looking so fit,(they all looked great!)

We even got to celebrate uncle Len's Birthday....Mom, thanks for making the cool Oreo cake!


Uncle Len blows out the candles


The Whole Gang celebrating


Grammy enjoyed her time with them, as we did. I think she was exhausted after spending 10 hours with us one day, but she really seemed to enjoy us all being together.


4 Generations

Even Jon and Kim and Kids were able to come over..... when Matt and Allison came earlier in the year, J& K and family had gone south for Kim's Brother Gary's newest Baby's Christening, so they missed each other, which was too bad, since we don't get together all that often due to the 10 hour drive distance.



Nick, Sarah, and Gracie

This visit was so much fun, can't wait to see the newest baby...Evan....Claire and Keith's first child, who was born a little over a week before the Southern B's came to visit.

Two new Babies ....Same Day!

Today we got to celebrate welcoming a new baby into the family...not once, but twice.....


First my niece Patty (yes, I am old enough to have a niece who just had her 2nd child. ...yes, that makes me a Great Aunt (ugh)) and her husband Rob, welcomed little Aiden at 8:20 in the am....and then my Cousin Claire, and her husband Keith welcomed their first baby, Evan, at 5:53pm...
Congratulations to both families!



Both births also happened to be on my Goddaughter Sammies (sorry Sammie, I know this pic is old) 14th birthday...



Happy Birthday to all 3!