sunday morning we got up and went to church with the family. we had gotten in around 10:30pm the night before so we were tired (especially matt after driving for almost 20 hours), but it wasn't too bad to get up and get going.
madelyn was so excited to get to see her cousins! and i was excited to meet our two new nephews who were born after our last visit two years ago!
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| madelyn and annabell - instant friends. |
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| madelyn, briana, annabell and ford (not sure if it was humidity or a smudge that made all the pictures blurry) |
after church, everyone went home for naps before a big family dinner at big pop and grandma's that night. since the kids weren't tired, they were entertained by big pop and grandma.
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| feeding the catfish |
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| big pop and maddux watching the catfish eat |
and then everyone else arrived. there were 8 kids - madelyn is the oldest at 4 and maddux is the youngest at 9/10 months - it was a little crazy to say the least. uncle brad and uncle josh helped to get everyone riled up too.
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| braydon and mason at the train table. |
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| madelyn and briana |
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| 6 of the kids at b.p. and gma's play area |
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| the serious jude |
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| madelyn and annabell |
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| uncle brad meeting maddux |
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| the girls' table - madelyn, briana and annabell |
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| uncle josh push-ups |
uncle josh was already worn out by the time i saw what was going on, but he pumped out a few more for me to get some video. the kids loved it!
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| josh and the kids ready for brownies |
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| braydon, aunt adrienne and maddux |
we had so much fun eating snow crabs (my favorite) and catching up. a perfect way to start our visit. love.
