Scenes from the Family Reunion

Last week we headed up to Indianapolis for the family reunion. It was Aunt Irene's 80th birthday and she celebrated with all her children and their children, along with her neices and nephews and their families. It was the first time we've been back for a reunion in about three years, so many folks in the family had only seen Jacob once when he was a toddler, and only two family members who were there had met Katie Mei at Jay's Change of Command ceremony. It was fun to get all the kids together again, including another cousin who was also born in China. Lily and Merrilee are eight months apart in age.

Our kids with Aunt Irene

Stopping to pose for a picture with Lily

Merrilee and Lily playing volleyball

Kids' play

Petrie hanging out with cousins and catching up

Katie Mei hounded Jacob for his cake...

and he gladly obliged..


again...

and again.

The bean bag toss was fun for the kids.

Even Katie Mei enjoyed dropping in the bean bags and retreiving them.

After the reunion we stopped by the church we were married in so I could get a few photos from the outside. I never did take any pictures of the church because I was too busy getting married. It's Tallwood Chapel in Indy.

The day after the reunion we power shopped at the Prime Outlets in Edinburg. Then Jay took us to White Castle for lunch. It was a fun afternoon. Two members of our family were completely wiped out afterwards. Merrilee and Jacob and I went down to the hotel lobby to play a card game and left these two to sleep off the effects of a busy day.