Monday, November 19, 2012

Hillsdale Reunion!

Yesterday we drove up to northern VA for a reunion with five Hillsdale couple friends (or mostly Hillsdale friends... Aaron... :)). Our friends, Paul and Kathryn, recently bought a lovely town home and graciously opened it up to the 10 of us, our 8 children, and Kathryn's parents. :) Elliott and Kelly live in OR but are in Boston for three years for Elliott to attend Harvard Law. We're trying to make the most of their time on the east coast! Kjerstin and Nick drove down from Baltimore, Aaron and Laura from Charlottesville, and us from W'burg. :)
There is a lot to pack when traveling over meals, naps, and bed times with kids but you'd THINK that the camera would always top the list when getting together with good friends, but of course, in the quick change between church and hopping in the car, we left it at home. :) These pictures are all from Nathan's phone - sorry for the blurriness and funny eyes - but you'll get the idea. ;)
The four new babies chillin' with their dads and meeting each other for the first time (Grace (5 mo), Will (1 mo), Thomas (6 mo), and Linus (3 mo) :)). IMG_2066.JPG
Our futile attempts at getting a good picture of the four older girls - lol. :)IMG_2091.JPG IMG_2092.JPG IMG_2093.JPG
It was really fun watching all the kids play together. Evie and Margaret played on the steps with Mickey, Minnie, and Abby Cadabby for quite a while. :) They had quite an imaginative story going. :)
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The girls loved reading with Kjer. They were all enraptured with her stories - this one is something about a goat, rooster, dog and donkey scaring away robbers. :pIMG_2095.JPG
How many girls can fit in the bean box??
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Linus chillin'...
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The babies bonding... Sorry Thomas and Linus for the Gracie hands in your face. ;)IMG_2088.JPG IMG_2085.JPG
Gracie showing off her newly acquired skill of rolling from back to stomach. :)IMG_2084.JPG
All of us girls made Christmas wreaths again from live greenery from Kathryn's yard and surrounding area... I have mine on our front door already although it's not technically Christmas yet (shhh).IMG_2068.JPG IMG_2071.JPG
While we did our craft, the little girls got to decorate a gingerbread house! For some reason all the girls seemed to have a sugar rush after this project... hmm.... Nathan ended up getting to be the sole supervisor of this project. He looks pretty excited in this first picture - lol. I do think he enjoyed it as much as they did though. :)
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The finished product!
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Thanks again, Kathryn and Paul, for hosting! Already looking forward to next Thanksgiving's reunion! :)

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