Friday, August 10, 2007

Mckinney-Ruhe Reunion Part 1

Well it is official... we did it! Got all the siblings from the Jere-Julie clan together .... except one. Lisa, Eddie and their two girls were not able to make this time around... but Jaleh, Aria, David, Giannina, Ali, Ilka (Ali's girlfriend), Britt, Colin and all the respective kids managed to land in the same house for a few weeks! It was a very nice lovefest to celebrate the family, meet the new niece Ela (insanely beautiful, cute and buttery) and catch up... The boys were so good with Sasha and played tons out in the yard with her and the new puppy Barney... the old swing got a lot of attention of course being that it is by far one of the cooler swings on the planet (thanks to Jaleh of course). Here is a few pics from the first couple of days. We had a few sessions of trying Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans ... some with disasterous result as the booger, vomit, earwax and others do in fact taste like what they say they are... sugary but disgusting... There are a few pics of obvious near vomiting... We also took TT (Jaleh) to our favorite "top of the world" spot above the university for peace. I was amazed that she hadn't been there and happy that we could share. Britt watched Sasha while Aria took a break. The watching really was watching her run out in the rain and play in the big mud puddle... along with all the boys and the puppy of course. Isaiah of course had to try and get his footprint up on the ceiling of the garage which is the underside of the David and Gianni's porch... The prints I put up there a couple of years ago are still there... This was done via the two swings that Jere had installed under the porch... of course Isaiah did it quite quickly while Aman made it his goal to smack the leaves of the mango tree with his head... which he did quickly also... Well a lot more to tell but it cooled down considerably here today... tonight the temps will be in the low 50s and perfect sleeping weather... I am going to go snuggle up with Les Miserables and go to sleep... (I include also a pic I took of Mason and Anika sleeping just before we left...)

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