Nielsen Reunion 2009

This last weekend was the Nielsen Family Reunion in Ocean Shores. We had tons of fun and ate lots of yummy food! Thank you Uncle Gene and Aunt Debbie for a wonderful time!! I enjoyed spending time with some family members that I never really had a chance to talk to before. The boys loved hanging out with all their cousins. The house we were all staying at was on the beach, though it took about a good 10 minute walk to actually get to the beach. The first day there we took the boys to go play in the water. The mixture of their dry skin and the salt water didn't go over too well; soon enough they were screaming and crying in pain. We had to drag them back to the house for a shower. Luckily, the rest of the weekend for them in the water went fine. At the beach, we flew kites, looked for seashells, played in the sand. At the house, we just chilled around the fire with family. It was a great time and we're excited about next years get-together.

Kristjan having a mommy moment right after we got there

Steve with his boys and Pete with his boys walking to the beach

Clifford and Kristjan running towards the beach

Eldon actually smiled for me!!

Howard digging his toes in the sand

Aspen looking super cute

Clifford cleaning off his bone (he loved papa's ribs)

Kristjan and Eldon enjoying some ribs

Aunt Debbie, Jeremy and Sierra hanging by the fire

the boys hanging on Uncle Gene

Aspen, Kristjan, Clifford and Howard posing for the camera

Kids roasting marshmallows

Howard roasting his graham cracker

Clifford eating his s'mores that Uncle Gene made him

Ezuire

Peter in front of Sharkies

Sarah in front of Sharkies

Emma walking on the beach

Dominick at the beach (before a wave took him down)

Aspen waiting for the water to hit her toes

Clifford and Dominick running in the water

Kristjan and Mama Mickey on the beach

Damian working on his kite

Clifford and his crab claws

Daniel and Damian flying a kite together

Clifford and the dead shrimp he found

Travis testing the water

pete and i snuggling

a deer that liked to hang out on the property with us

Eldon hanging out during dinner