The North Dakota Coxes (Four of us left)

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Wednesday, April 01, 2009

I haven't had enough fun...

Take two days (plus a bit more, thanks to Tim, Ben and the girls taking Friday off), drive 16+ hours, combine four families (if you count us ND Coxes as a separate family), assuring that six of the 16 are two or younger, toss them all in a one-bathroom house, and you've got a recipe for chaos, right?

But it was great. Yes, it was often loud and crazy at times; sure, there was fighting between the twobies; sleep was in short supply; and structure was a notion for another time and place. But, given all the circumstances mentioned, we had a wonderful weekend, sweetened by the sacrifice made by all (the Adamzes drove 12 hours, and Packards opened their home to the mob) to make it happen. We even made it to church on time, and enhanced the numbers for Packards' branch (counting March numbers to try to qualify for a REAL church building--just one of the reasons for this random gathering), and made some fun memories while Bemarlyles are at our end of the world!








Two-year old cousins, moms and babies (Ems & Myles' picture is actually at our house; Ems, why did you hide?), and one of the BANG episodes...



...and dancing toddlers to complete the fun! (There was also a whole lotta shakin' goin' on with the --hhmmpphh-- adults and Guitar Hero, but that one will be left to history - or someone else's post... )
Thanks, Packards, Adamzes, Bemarlyles, and Tim and the Teens for a short but Suh-WEET weekend!

2 comments:

BIG JP!! said...

Your welcome at our fire any time mates. We had a great time. We'll have to do it again soon. It's getting even warmer, sort of:/

D/E G said...

Such fun times! I love that the 2little batches of babies all got to hang together. I just try to enjoy the fun vicariously--no point in feeling bad! So thanks for posting! :) We love you all!