I have over 40 post drafts sitting in my admin folder right now, some of them filled with pictures dating back to June of this year! My goal is to revisit as many of these as possible before 2012. I sound a bit like TAMN (RIP *sniff*) when I say it, but That Wife has become a journal of sorts for me. Posts like this one on ICE!, the D’orsay wedding, the things we used to decorate our apartment during our first Christmas as a married couple, and the  Nativity Exhibit are such a joy to look back on.

This year our Andersen reunion was held at my Aunt’s house in the Seattle area. My cousins with 4 adopted kids, two of which are adorable twin boys, secretly drove up and surprised everyone. It was my favorite family reunion ever.

The part I loved most was how relaxed everything was. The kids went swimming, the parents napped in the shade, the babies were passed around, and the food wasn’t just hot dogs and chips :) , it was delicious.

While our baby was being passed around, TH and I hopped in the kayaks to do some exploring. We picked out our favorite home and dreamed of moving in to one of them, and accidentally-on-purpose stayed out there for close to an hour.

T1 was so little back then!

What a sweetheart.

I don’t know how often we’ll be able to make it in the future, but I’m hoping this is going to be an annual thing for this side of the family. This was definitely one of my favorite days of 2011.

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