The Wedding

We traveled down South to attend a wedding for dad's sister. Here's the happy couple soon after the ceremony as they cut the cake. Nate and Sean behaved themselves the whole time although dad had to break out his Blackberry so they could look at pictures of dinosaurs on the Internet to keep them busy while waiting for the bride to walk down the aisle.


Here are two of the older cousins. They are both college age. The set of cousins on dad's side of the family were born in two waves. Nate and Sean are part of the younger set, some of whom were born less than a year ago!


Here are Nate and Sean's grandfather, uncle and one of the cousins. It sure was great to see the whole family together for this wonderful event.

And we also spent some time with Nate and Sean's aunt and yet another cousin. This was the first time they got to meet this particular cousin, and of course they were charmed by her.


Hmmm... how did Mr. Nate get this glass of wine? Actually he's just holding it for mom while she chases after Sean. He was glad to help out!

Down South

We went down South to attend a wedding for one of Nate and Sean's aunts. It was also a great opportunity to see many of dad's relatives in one spot, which is something that doesn't happen very often. Sean learned that he's no longer the baby in the family when he met some of his younger cousins. He didn't mind though, and even enjoyed it when one of the little girls decided to make a meal of his hair.




Nate spent a lot of his time fishing for minnows and tadpoles in the little pond behind grandma's house. He fashioned a net from a plastic cup attached to a stick and patiently pulled critters from the waters. It was strictly catch-and-release. I'm sure some of them were caught a dozen or more times during the week, to be captured and set free time after time.




Nate and Sean's cousin joined them in the fishing expedition among the reeds and lilly pads. Most of the time they did pretty well although Nate did slip into the muck on one occasion.



Later, Nate got to hold a real crawfish that he rescued from what would have been a horrible fate: the boiling pot. This one had its claws removed so it couldn't pinch him. Nate took the crawfish to the pond and set it free.