The family reunion was a wonderful day of fun catching up with my mom's side of the family.
I only have 3 cousins on my mom's side (and one of those I never see-he wasn't at the reunion) but my mom has lots of cousins around my age, so I am not sure what the technical term is for your relation to your mom's cousins- but anyway, it was great to see them! Two of them have 1 year old children who I hadn't even met yet! Amy has Sophie and she lives in West Virginia now. Her husband was one of the only people missing. And Josh and his wife Erica had baby Tristin. We found out that Amy is pregnant with baby #2, too, so Sophie will be a big sister. She is due in June, so I hope they can still make it to my wedding in July!
Friday- Started with a text from Corey mid-day saying "passed the bar" and I just about freaked out!!!! So proud of him. He did not want to take it again, and I didn't want him to take it again! Once was enough!!! Then, a day in the car- we (dad and I) went from Lititz to pick up Corey near Cherry Hill- saw his new apartment for the first time. The apartment is nice (albeit VERY empty with basically just a mattress on the bedroom floor), the area does not seem nice. From his place, we headed up to Massachusetts. It took us ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL night. I think we were in NJ for about 5 hours. My poor dad was exhausted.
Saturday- Woke up early and headed to The Big Apple in Wrenthem, MA. Ate fresh donuts, homemade spiced hot cider, and a caramel apple. SOOOO GOOD! For lunch, my family went to Papa Gino's for some yummy pizza!!!
Courtney at The Big Apple
Isaac (age 9) catching snails on the dock at Auntie Jo's house. Yes, he is in his pajamas. :)
At night, we headed to the church for the BIG get together to honor my 95 year old great-grandpa. He has slowed down so much and doesn't really talk anymore. I sang Jesus Loves Me to him and he mouthed a few of the words. It was so precious. Then, I put my cheek up to his lips and he kissed my cheek! :) It is very hard to say good-bye to someone who is still sitting in front of you. I don't think I will see him again. But, the memories are good. They transported him to the church in a wheel chair and drove over his recliner so he could rest.
Kisses from Great-Grandpa
At night, we went back to Auntie Linda's and about 25 of us played games and had a great time laughing until 2 AM!!!! I figured since I was only there for a day, I better live it up!
Sunday- We packed up and headed to Boston Airport to drop Courtney off. Then, I rode home with mom and Julie all the way to Lititz. Another day of about 9 hours in the car.
Overall, it was such a wonderful weekend. I had MAJOR post event depression this morning. Didn't want to be back in chool, especially since many of the cousins stayed up there today and were going to the beach in Rhode Island. I hate missing out!!!!
I feel really blessed to have a loving family on both my mom & dad's side. Of course, I didn't get as many pics as I wanted to, and when I did, my terrible camera/camera skills made them turn out weird, but here are a few of my favs.
Hope you all had a fun, fall weekend. The weather was fantastic!!!
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