The reunion was awesome: happy hours, lake-side dinners, a Browne Family Golf Scramble, Browne family trivia, pot-luck breakfasts and lots of yard games.
And Baby Calla loved meeting her second aunts, uncles and cousins....and her family once removed (or whatever their official title is!). Everyone was so good with her, especially Michael Browne - he wins for making the best/most googley faces at her and making her giggle, haha!
She was good about letting others hold her (although she is getting more attached to mama these days).
Calla was a great traverler. She loved it when Daddy held her up in the air so she could see the people behind her on the plane.
Here's some of our favorite memories:
- Mall of America...and our first carousel ride with Miss Calla
- The huge balcony on our hotel room and the flood from the thunderstorm
- Seeing Angie at Lord Fletcher's in the rain
- Learning baby tricks from Aunt Sheila at Maynard's
- Our first trip to the zoo....Como Park in St. Paul
- Figuring out how everyone was related
- Seeing Uncle Jack and thinking how much he looks like Grandpa
- Feeling very pale compared to the super tan cousies!
- Playing with the golden retrievers
- Special K bars!!!!
- Todd playing one-on-one golf with Kris
- Todd losing to Kris and taking second place in the golf tournament...the fabulous green Browne trophy
- Exploring the barn and petting the horses at Joe's house
- Looking at old and new pictures of family
- A huge breakfast at Aunt Sheila and Uncle Tom's house
- Learning how to play "Beersbee"
- Watching Calla practice crawling and playing with new toys at Auntie Sheila's house
- Long talks at night
- The rental car and its "faulty" passenger seat-heater
- Hearing that Calla "made their day" from an elderly couple at the airport
Browne family - we love you! We wished we lived closer to see each other more often. Thanks for a wonderful time!
