Family

One of the hardest parts about living 12 hours from your hometown, is missing family.  Every holiday or special occasion, you always know that everyone is gathered together having a great time..and you're not able to be there.  So this trip we were happy to be able to visit with a ton of our family.   One night we met up with the Brown family which is my family from my step-dad's side.  We had a great time and always enjoy getting to see them.  I posted some pics from that on facebook.  We also had a chance to visit with some of Randy's family as well.  This was a particularly exciting visit because Ella was able to meet her cousin Gracie!  They are only about 6 months apart or so and they had a blast playing together.

 Noah and Ella with cousin Nathan!

 Ella and Gracie playing together!

 The little ones made the play pen into a little fort and were just sitting in there chatting away.  I love it!  Brings back memories of holidays with my own cousins.

 Next, we were able to see some of our McCabe family.  We stopped by my Uncle David's house (my dad's youngest brother out of 7!).  We were able to celebrate his middle daughter Danielle's Birthday with them!  She was turning 6.  Danielle has an older brother James and a younger sister Kristen who is 2, so there were lots of fun friends to play with!

 Ella, cousin Danielle, and one of Danielle's friends..

 Here I am for a picture with my cousin Tiffany (my Dad's brother Tom's daughter) and my Uncle David.

 And here again..from the left: my cousin Tiffany's boyfriend Ryan, cousin Tiffany, myself, cousin Melissa (My Aunt Patty's daughter), My Aunt Patty (my Dad's sister), and my Uncle David. Whew!

It's always great to see family.  Can't wait until the next visit we have!