Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Ellis Family Reunion 2023

I haven't seen this many of my own cousins for years.  It was fun.  My parents were there and all my siblings and their kids (23 of us).  Mark and Carol came.... Rachel and Chad and all their kids and their spouses (9 of them), Liz came with Alyssa and her husband (3). Beth and Son came with three of their kids, the spouses and their kids (15). Diane and Marty came with 3 of their kids, 2 of the spouses and their kids (18) . And Reid came (1).  We had a wonderful and great showing and I enjoyed all of their company very much.



Doing fingernails... Thea told Ada that black is a horrible color and that she doesn't do nails like Rae does.... These babies are so funny.

My parents, Eric, Renee, Maggie, Addison, Kat

Landon and me

My wonderful teenager

Brad and Renee

My Dad, Landon, Marty

My mom, Renee, Diane

My oldest girlie!

Card playing Seth and Vivien

Nathan, me, Sharon, Tiffany

Learning mancala

Outdoor movie night

Seth squared

The gaming A-frame
McKay, Jordan, Seth and Seth

My tired boys

My heat exhaustion girl.  Ada actually got burnt pretty bad and was nauseous.  We left and got dinner at a restaurant to get lots of cold water and the AC.

Seth brought his telescope and we attaced my phone to it.... this is what we were able to take.


Theo, Tiffany and Son

Ada being a teenager... sweater, headphones and cats

This one is Jer's phone picture attempt through our telescope.  Not bad.  I actually really like the light haze around it.

Freya, Seth and Vivien

Seth

Everyone that can possibly fit.



Jer and I got to take our kayak out together for a bit.  Usually I take my hat, but this time I got pretty burnt and spent the next couple of days hiding from the sun.


Jer can still paddle board. 

Ada, Rae and her best friend.











Jer brought his mini smelting stuff.  The kids and adults alike had so much fun melting and pouring aluminum.  The kids were all so excited that Jer let them all take little metal ingots home.




Ada and Sam got to learn how to drive the Jet skis.  I have to say that they are big fans.  Ada went at least 2-3 times.  She's the one that taught Sam how to drive it.  They both did great.... and we reminded Sam not to go near people on his first time driving after he ran into the raft.










My cousins....



 

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