Partial Reunion

Well, more backward posts but I have to take 5 minutes scrolling through the photos to get back to these dates that i don't have the heart to do it all over again. This day was supposed to be a big family dinner with everyone there. Unfortunately Mom and Dad were stuck in Washington because Dad was sick. Dave's family also ended up sick and unable to come up. We did, however, get to meet Bonnie. She's Neil's newest family member. She absolutely loved Basque Cheesecake.

Garrett worked so hard making Paella and even sweetly made a separate pan for me.
EVeryone was anxious to be a part of Bonnie's life but she's only calmly interested when it involved food. If not you're in danger of being scratched or bitten.
An invasion of the secret meeting of the minds. Just like Alena is alone in being the only girl among the older cousins, Becket is the only boy among the younger cousins. Of course the line gets a bit blurred because Ethne is older than Brigham and Brigham is a boy so I guess that's not quite the case. It's just a bit mixed there in the middle.
So this is all backwards as I mentioned and before we every had the family dinner, I took the teens to the Temple once more when Samuel arrived. Afterward I took Alena and Ethne to visit our Roper family. It was amazing to see them all. I wish it wasn't such a rare treat!

I love that these kids love to go to the Temple. I wish they could spend more time together. 




 

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