Our house overflowed with family, fun, and joy this weekend! Our cousins from Florida and Texas were on Spring Break this past week so we decided to have the 3rd Annual Lake Family Reunion! Kyle,Staci,KJ, & Reagan drove 13 HOURS from Texas!...Ben,Ragan,Gatlin,&Emersyn from all the way from Florida...Uncle Bob&Aunt Connie drove all the way from Indiana...and Mom & Cappie came up too!
The cousins paused just long enough for us to get a picture of their sweet little faces all together.
Milla is the youngest...19 months
Emersyn--"Eme" is 3 1/2... she is all girl...she is particular about her clothes and shoes...always has her toe nails painted...only sleeps in night gowns and likes to wear a robe...and loves her baby dolls--she has a name for each one and does their hair daily! She was a big help with her baby cousin Milla! You could just eat her up with that cute little grin!! (We didn't have any ER visits this weekend--but, Eme secretly found some pliers and tried to take her front tooth out--the tool was so heavy it fell and chipped her tooth!!! ouch!)
Reagan Grace is 5 1/2--- one of the highlights of the weekend was seeing the amazing and emotional video that her Mom put together walking through the whole experience of her getting a COCHLEAR IMPLANT just about one month ago. She had no hearing out of one ear and now-after the activation of the implant--SHE IS ABLE TO HEAR OUT OF IT!!!! It still takes therapy and time to get use to the sounds...but she is doing AWESOME. She is SO brave and SUCH a tough little lady! She has such a sweet spirit and never complains! (She also helped a bunch with Milla) http://www.http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implant
Gatlin is also 5 1/2. Both boy cousins were go-go-go! Always on the move-looking for the next adventure! Gatlin is a wild man--but has such a sweet heart--he will be running around crazy and then stop and say "Mommy I love You" or "Daddy I love You"!!!
KJ will turn 8 next month. There is never a dull moment with KJ...he is always looking for something fun to do. Although he is rough, tough, and trained in Jujitsu...he also has a kind, tender side! He took Milla under his wing---he kept saying things like "that's my girl"! He could really make her laugh and giggle!
Aunt Connie and Uncle Bob
Cappie & Mom
Aunt Connie and Mom hid eggs for an early Easter Egg hunt!
Group Shot
KJ and Gatlin took a "Polar Bear Dip" in the lake! It was beautiful outside but the water was still FREEZING!!! It just about knocked the wind out of them both when they jumped in!
the girls did lots of arts and crafts
the guys competed in one "Minute to Win It" game...they each had to wrap an entire roll of streamers around each wrist...the first to get through the whole roll won. It was a photo finish...but, Brandon won!
Hank and Daisy had a fabulous weekend! They swam and retrieved every chance they got! Each night they were EXHAUSTED! Daisy has the strongest tail...it hurts if it happens to hit you! Well, poor Daisy....she injured her tail and it started bleeding---so she was splatter painting with the tip of her tail every time it wagged!
*Me&Brandon, Ragan&Ben, Staci&Kyle*We are so thankful for our family!!!!
Thanks for coming everyone!
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