Family Reunion

This past weekend we finally had our family together. That's 8 adults and 8 kids. It was great. Although it was a quick time, it was good and we needed it. I'll share some (okay, A LOT) of pictures from our time.

Lucy Mae Coppedge, isn't she adorable. That pretty hair is red too!

This picture was actually taken at the hospital last Tuesday when mom was in for surgery. That was the first the girls had met and we had seen each other. It was a nice distraction with mom in surgery. (Jo is holding Maddie and I have Lucy)

Elsie and Lucy

My 4 and her 2! Cousins together at last! We dreamed of days like this, when we would be adults and have our kids together. Fun times!

If you recall, Maddie has about 3 weeks on Lucy, but she also has about 6 pounds. They were so cute together in their matching dresses!

6 of the cousins enjoyed eating together and talking too! It really is fun to have them all together!

The next 3 pictures show lots of Uncle time!

Lucy meeting Uncle Ronnie

Maddie remembering Uncle Jay
Uncle Billy with lots of girls!

Aunt Tonya enjoyed some girl time too with Terra and Maddie (Maddie loves her Aunt Tonya)
Aunt Tonya and Lucy
Aunt Jo and Maddie

There was some time for some new things for Elsie too. Who am I kidding, everything is new to this little 2 year old, but my boys began wrestling with Daddy and Uncle Billy and Elsie loved it. She wanted to join in. Below Ronnie is "letting her win".


Elsie hadn't seen snow until her trip to the states either. We took her some snow boots. She didn't last as long as the boys, but I think she had fun.

There is always time for reading with Grandma. The girls are still working on getting their jet lag out, so that meant lots of nap time!

On a pretty regular basis I realize how hard it is to get 4 kids to look in the same direction and have a decent look on their face. Well...it's impossible with 8, but here they are.

Mom and Dad have had 8 grand kids in 8 years. One a year for the first 6, then skip one year but then last year there were 2! It's fun to have all 8 (ages 7 down to 7 months) together!

It's equally as hard, if not harder, to get 16 people to look in the same direction. By the time my camera got these there were already about 5 attempts - all were tired!

It was a great weekend! I love family and I love having them all together, even for a short time!