Cleveland 2010

Just as we do every summer, this July we ventured up to Cleveland for a little family reunion.

We had a BLAST!

We saw family we hadn't seen in a looong time, got to catch up with good friends, and enjoyed lots of good food and downtime.

What follows is a (brief) overview of our week-long trip.

Here is my mom with her family.

She is the 4th of 6 kids.

This was Jack's first time meeting everyone.

He got lots of cuddles from Gigi...

Lots of attention from the girl cousins....

And even got to fall asleep in a pretty girl's arms...

We took long walks down tree-lined avenues...

This is what happens when you say "Smile, Gracie!"...

"No!  Show your teeth, Gracie!"...

The house my mom grew up in.

Otherwise known as Grammy and Grandpa's house...

We went to the 50th wedding anniversary party of my dad's Aunt Millie and Uncle Bob.

Jack got to cuddle with another Great Grandma...

My Dad and a (very) few of his many cousins (and his sister)...

Something must have been hilarious...

We attended cookouts...

(Can you tell that there is no shortage of females in this family?)

Got new hair-dos...

Showed off those teeth again...

Plenty of playground time...

Last year Gracie was struggling to keep up on this playground.

This year she OWNED it...

Non-stop jumping on the "jumpaline"...

Tickles from Great Grandpa...

We had so much fun and didn't want to leave.

But, goodbye hugs had to be distributed...

Thank you to all our wonderful family for hosting us and making our week such a great one!

A BIG special thank you to Aunt Karen and Uncle Michael who always open their home to our craziness and feed us until we want to pop :o)

Yes, there were an over-abundance of Jack pictures.

There would have been more of Gracie, but she literally never stopped moving!

Later this week...The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.