Still playing catch-up around here. No surprise. Today's topic: Larchar Family Reunion! True, Kenneth's siblings and his parents were all together on the farm just in the end of May/ beginning of June, but all the grandkids did not make it there to New York this year. But, we did manage to gather everyone here to our home for some Fourth of July week fun. Being now smack dab in the middle of the United States, our home became a great place to host a family reunion for all of Kenneth's siblings, their spouses, children and his parents. (we gathered here from Utah, Texas and New York) So, for 5 days starting with the Fourth, we had 30 people sleeping in our house! (Plus a couple of babies!) Kenneth's parents, and one of his brothers and his family of 4 children came a few days early, actually while I was still in Denver with my family. We all had a wonderful time together, but of course, with that many people in one house it was not without a little bit of drama at times, mostly due to myself being a highly stressed hostess!! And I didn't even have to shop for and prepare all the meals! (We split that up between the families. . .and thank goodness for that or I would have been a basket case!) Some of the highlights included:
- a great fireworks display in the street in front of our house with the Baldauf family
- some great food and great times sitting around the table(s) talking
- traditional Larchar Chicken BBQ with the Baldaufs
- the kids had SO MUCH FUN playing together
- tour of the AGCO Facility where Kenneth works (started with children in tow and we realized after a half hour that they were not going to last, so the moms and kids had to cut out early- and good thing we did!!! The men were gone another 3+ hours!!!!)
- attended the baptism of the youngest Baldauf boys
- Scott giving Kenneth a tutorial on how to 'rock' a chicken to sleep
- a round robin tennis match between Kenneth, Jason, Scott, Dennis, Tyler and Caleb
Here are the pics:
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| Setting off the fireworks |
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| The audience on the lawn |
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| Then men's club |
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| Oh! The sparklers!! |
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| Arianna having loads of fun! |
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| Uncle Dennis reading the kids a story |
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| All 6 siblings enjoying a Sunday afternoon chat |
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| The kids enjoying a craft. You would not believe how long these perler beads kept the kids occupied (unfortunately it also tethered good sport Aunt Jenni to the iron for a good while!) |
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| The Fam |
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| The Sisters! I am so grateful for these 2 sisters-in-law of mine! |
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| The entire gang |
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| Grandma and Grandpa and all their grandchildren |
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| Aunt Jenni snuggling Kate |
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| The kids playing a game called Hedbanz |
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| Water fun! |
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| Grant and Isaac give a good-bye High Five! |
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| Got it! |
I don't think I've ever seen so many Larchar smiles in one place! Hahaha. Love it! What great pictures and it looks like a fun time had by all. The pic with all the grandkids - impressive - my how the Larchar clan has multiplied!
ReplyDeleteKenneth, I hope you appreciate what a good sport Heidi was to host all these people with a baby! Looks like you had a wonderful time together. Makes me smile to see that apple alphabet puzzle in the background. We think of the Larchars often -- when Sergio talks about tornados in Kansas or Betsy thinks of Heidi's dill dip at a birthday party, whenever we visit Cataldi. Many occasions to miss you all!
ReplyDeleteLove those photos of the kids in the umbrellas! So our squash plants did the same thing. So I researched them, and apparently I didn't have female and male blossoms growing at the same time to fertilize each other. So each day I went out, and when I finally found a male, I picked it and sprinkled it into the females, and essentially helped it do its job. Worked like a charm. :) I can't remember how to identify which is male vs. female on the fly, but some quick internet research can tell you. :)
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