13 Dec
Andersen Reunion 2011
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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I'm a farm-raised almost-crunchy stroller-pushing picture-taking lifestyle-blog-writing gastronomy-obsessed divine-seeking thrift-store-combing cheese-inhaling pavement-pounding laughter-sprinkling lover of individuality and taking chances.
I’m a big fan too…esp of that d’orsay wedding
Seriously though, I am so glad you were able to come and we had so much fun the night before the wedding (and that I just got to relive it again in that post!). The reunion looks like a blast, all my family lives close but when we move it sounds like a great idea!
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1You posted this before. Your list might be sorter than you think.
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Lisa Reply:
December 13th, 2011 at 11:48 am
Really, Aims? I don’t remember it. Huh.
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Julia Reply:
December 13th, 2011 at 11:54 am
I think just a photo of two of T1 from this post has been put up before!
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Sophia Reply:
December 13th, 2011 at 3:51 pm
I remember seeing that photo of T1 on the post that was linked to the parenting article, but I don’t remember this post.
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It was in a here’s what is coming post aug 4.
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3Loved this day so much! Worth every minute of the four-day drive.
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