Family Reunion - Laredo Style

Last year about this time,

we ventured down to 

Laredo

for the annual family reunion.

If you would like to review

last years 

reunion post

click here!

Siblings and cousins

fly in from all over the country

to spend time a few days with each other

every year!

It is a wonderful tradition...

We, of course,

made the trip down this year too...

Here is a pictorial review of our trip:

Mr. T spent a few quiet minutes

visiting with Grandpa...

my husband is JFM III - 

he is the 4th...

this gentleman

is the 

FIRST.

So when we come to visit,

Senior,

Junior

III  (the hubs)

&

IV (my oldest)

are all together.

Mr. T showed grandpa his truck...

Then even let grandpa hold it!!

We spent a little while

just visiting with the first guests.

These shin-digs don't usually start 

til around 7pm!

We get there early and help out

and visit before the chaos begins.

This is a great picture of'

daddy,

one of his aunts

and 

Ms. Priss

(of course).

The party finally got started...

Here is the

"kids table".

The littles hung out with 

the older kids

and got to do older kid 

things...

play video games

and 

drink soda!

Our chef

and 

musician...

this gentleman comes every year to play

for the family reunion.

Daddy and one of his uncles...

I see the family resemblance!

Mr. T wandering around eating

a tortilla.

I think that might have

been the ONLY thing 

we got him to eat all night!

I talked the kids into posing for a quick

picture with grandpa...

this was the only one of the 

three pictures with all the kids

eyes open!

Not quite sure what Ms. Priss is doing here!

I guess she was dancing...

cause she and Mama Grande

took a few spins around

"the dance floor".

Mr. T snagged a dance partner

too...

and they put on a little show for grandpa!

Then after watching Mr. T dance a bit,

papa grande wanted to toughen him up

and started boxing with him.

Daddy with another one of his uncles...

yep family resemblance there too!

Then me and the hubs!

Hey - I made it in 

another picture!!

Another tradition at these shin-digs...

is all of the siblings getting up and 

singing the same song.

I have no idea what it is

but they love it!  

And so does everyone else!

See, 

Mr. T was flipping over it!

As the night was drawing to an 

end for our crew

(we drove back to San Antonio that night,

but the party was still going STRONG 

when we left at 11pm!!!)

we tried to gather everyone together for a 

couple of pictures.

Here are all the cousins that were there:

Then all the cousins with their spouses.

I took this one

and then handed off my new

fancy smancy camera

to someone else

and ran and got in picture...

it didn't take

so yet another picture I am NOT in.  

Then the offspring of the cousins & spouses.

One third of these kids belong to me.

Hahah!!

Then the siblings with their daddy...