We played a lot of tennis and swam in the pool. So Briz was either in her stroller at the tennis courts or in the water. She went under quite a bit, and loved it. Every night we had a big family dinner, followed by games at the park. The soccer games got a little bit competetitive, and there were a couple injuries. Grandpa even tackled a grandson in law, and landed on his side. But its all in the name of healthy competition! Brizzy also had a ton of cousins that were fighting over holding her. If it's possible to be loved too much by too many people as a baby, then that is Brizzy.
As always, here are a ton of pictures.
With Grandma Cottle at the pool. They're having an in depth conversation. And Briz sort of has a guilty look on her face.
Torturing Briz at the pool. I love her little chicken legs.
More torture. Although she likes to be dunked.
She's cute even when she's crying! Thank goodness.
More talking with Grandma.
She loves her Grandma Cottle and misses her already.
The Cottle clan, minus Seth, Whit, Kloey, and Libby (although Kloey and Libby were still in utero at the time the picure was taken).
All of the family members with Grandma Cottle, Mary Lou Olsen's name.
All of the family members with Grandpa Cottle, Thomas Dean Cottle's name.
The 8 Cottle kids with Grandpa and Pat.
All of the grandkids.
all of the great grandkids. 
Marissa skid on her bike and tore up her face a little while we were there. Very sad.
Cute picture of Jacci and Britt.
Wednesday morning, our last morning there, we celebrated Grandma Cottle's b-day. She passed away 16 years ago, but we could feel her presence very strong when Grandpa was talkinga about her. I have never met her (along with some of the grandkids) but we all feel a strong connection to her. This is Olsen getting emotional that morning.
Grandpa talking about Mary Lou and eternal families.
Lisa, Jeff, Mike, and Anita getting emotional as they listen to their Dad talk about their Mom.
Aunt Molly and cousin Ann, with her new baby, Ruby. 
Family soccer game.
Wyatt won the contest and got two swim noodles.
This is the cutest picture of McKenna. She looks like she's posing like a super model.
Grandpa Cottle and Pat
On the Hawaiian Dinner Night.
Cousin Ammon demonstrating his baby skills with Briz. Ammon should post this on his facebook page as to attract a potential wife. 
Cousin Isaac's little girl, Dani. She has the prettiest eyes.
Cousin Matt getting a little defensive about his gas.
Aunt Michelle laughing hysterically after Matt let one rip. She was surprised, but no one else was.
Such a cute picture of Brittany. After the reunion, Brittany came back and helped finish our deck. And she definitely had the special touch with Brizzy. I offered for her to move in with us and be our permanent nanny. But apparently, she doesn't want to work for free! Sheesh, what's her problem.
She has started to make very very sad faces. She is excellent at the quivering bottom lip.
Ava, Marissa, Ella, Tanna, Ashley, Dani, McKenna, and Kylee. Ethan is in the background. Grandma Tanna with all of her grandkids. It's hard to keep all of their names straight. '
Michelle, Thomas, Sydney, Nathaniel, MJ, and Sam eating dinner on "Hawaiian Night."
2 comments:
I love that you guys have theme nights at your reunions! Looks like it was such a blast. There were a bunch of cute kids there.
Aww yes, well the theme nights weren't very "themey" if you know what I mean. Hawaiian night was the most and that was because my mother in law was in charge. Other than that, it was mostly just dinner.
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