Wednesday, 08 July 2009

• Family Reunion

  Jed's family decided to rendezvous in Virginia last week.   All 25 of us camped at Westmoreland State Park for a week.  It was the first time we've all been together in more than 5 years!  In that time we've added 9 grandkids, Jed and I moved to Florida, Jessie and her family moved to North Carolina, Ben and Missy have made plans to head overseas to Papua New Guinea and Joy has graduated from high school!  A lot has changed and thats just the big stuff!  Anyway, we had a really good time hanging out and catching up with our family.  The boys always love camping but it was a major bonus to have so many cousins to play with.  The kids quickly discovered if they moved around the rocks and leaves that covered the ground they would find tons of worms, at one point I think they had a collection of about 50 worms!  There was a huge pool with a slide and diving boards that we played in almost everyday, Jed and I went kayaking on the Potomac river one day (thanks for babysitting the boys for us Joy!) and on our last day we went on a hike and discovered a nice little beach.  We also made day trips to the George Washington's birth place, Fredricksburgh, a berry picking farm, and Washington DC (my first time there).  So those were the highlights which mostly dominated our trip but we did have a few lowlights that included, Evan getting a tick on the side of his head, the girls bathroom only having one shower that worked, having to hold my nine month old almost the entire time, the mosquitos, and Evan getting sick on the fourth of July.  First he puked all over the table where we were celebrating his cousin Judah's birthday and again at night in the camper all over his bed, pillow, sleeping bag and Seth (poor Sethy!).  Fortunately though it was the last day of our trip and the next day he seemed to be fine so there wasnt any puking in our van.  So we're home now and trying to get back into the swing of things.  We had a woman stay here while we were gone to take care of the dogs and Church and she did a great job.  Our pool took a turn for the worse though and will be needing a lot of attention over the next couple of days and we still need to clean out the camper.  I think I'll be doing laundry for days! 

  

  Stopping in North Carolina to visit Jessie and Nate a week after they moved there.  The house they're renting is so cute and the neighborhood is very nice.  They live down the street from a lake and my boys enjoyed being able to swim in an aligator free lake!  It was Seth's first time ever swimming in a lake.  

  

  First stop in Virginia after setting up camp.

  

  First time the boys have gone berry picking!  The berries were HUGE and yummy!

  

  We literally got off the metro, walked upstairs and were standing in the middle of the Mall.  It was so bright that Evan couldnt see but I still made him stand there with the Washington Memorial in the background.  Poor kid. 

  

  The Cusi Crew!  We miss our non Floridian fam already!  

  For more pictures of our trip check out my facebook page.

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