Family Reunion (of sorts)

Dear Conor,

While Great Grammie was visiting we decided to have a party in her honour where all her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren could get together and celebrate the matriarch of our family (and have some fun of course).

Aunt Laurie (your Great Aunt Laurie) hosted the bash at her home and so that's where we went on Sunday, September 23, 2012.

Here is Great Grammie with her Grandchildren


Back Row: Erik, Andrew, CJ
Amanda, Mommy, Cathlin, Sarah, GG, Danielle, Michael, Sean

Your Grandma with her two Grandsons - she was in pure heaven holding the both of you!

Nolan (3 months) Conor (9 months)

Then it was time for a picture of GG with her Great Grandchildren but poor little Layla was too nervous to have her picture taken without her parents or stand near anyone else so it was decided that the parents of the younger kids would be in the picture too.

Michael & Layla, GG, Mommy & Conor, JaySean and Janiyah, Sean and Nolan

 And of course - then Great Grandma needed a picture with her 'Centerville Cuties'

Grandma Mary, Great Aunt Laurie, Great Aunt Toni, Great Grandma

 Then all the different families took some pictures.  Here you are with 3/4 of your aunties (Aunt Lindsay was with Nolan):

Poor Auntie Danielle - so embarrassed that her family is just AWESOME!

Sarah, Danielle, Jarrod, Cathlin, Lindsay, Sean, Nolan, Daddy, Mommy, & Conor

That's better Auntie Danielle!

And Grandpa Adam and Grandma Mary of course!  The leaders of this gang.

 After all the big family pictures were taken everyone started taking smaller groups of pictures.  Pictures like this are fun because in a few years we will be able to look back and remember how small you were :).

Aunties Cathlin (25) and Danielle (17)

Hey!

Auntie Cathlin and Jarrod

And Mommy jumps in!

Auntie Sarah loves you now - she's going to be a great babysitter when you get a little older

Run Conor!

 The party wasn't just fun because you got to spend time with your whole family all at once but Mommy got to see some of her cousins she hasn't seen in a while.  Mommy used to babysit a lot of her cousins and Cousin CJ was the one that gave her the most TROUBLE!!! He might be all grown up but he still gets out of line and gives Mommy trouble :)

Mommy & Cousin CJ

 And Mommy can think of no better way to end a party in honor of Great Grandma than the way you ended the party - snuggled in the arms that made our whole family possible!

September 23, 2012

We love you Great Grammie!!!

xoxo
Mommy (and Conor)