We could hardly contain Cohen's excitement when he saw the pool! He wanted to dive right in.
Aunt Joan greeted us and then Aunt Colette and Uncle John appeared!
Ryan and his fiancé and daughter came around to meet us too. Mark arrived home from work and Kyle came home so we got to see everyone!
We spent the first day or two int he pool. The kids can literally be in the pool for hours without lunch etc...they LOVE the pool is clearly an understatement. Theo wants one now. Badly!
Madeline is loving being spoiled by Aunt Colette!
We are being treated like royalty and Aunt Colette is the Queen of treats for our three kids. Cohen is loving it, and her! My cousins, Ryan, Mark and Kyle are his personal helpers as well! Amazing how the youngest one can figure this all out in the first day of meeting everyone! Cohen calls the boys, "the teenagers" when he cannot remember their names.
The highlight of the trip is the annual Blaney BBQ that we are here for...a kind of family reunion! All the cousins came and my Aunts and Uncles as well. It was amazing seeing everyone and meeting all my cousins significant others! Facebook is a wonderful thing but seeing everyone in person is much better! Wonderful in fact!
Jamie Oliver...AKA Uncle Paul prepared a feast! His sous chef...AKA Aunt Colette sorted him out in the kitchen and made sure he had everything he needed to make his feast!
Meatball Subs at Noon...followed by appetizers and snacks from they guests and Aunt Colette...followed by the main meal of BBQ steak, cauliflower gratin, zucchini bake, famous shrimp, chocolate cake and lemon cake. There was a tonne more food and lots of laughs!
The BBQ went well into the night with only the "cool" kids left...and of course those of us who live or are staying here. haha!
When I left Canada these big cousins of mine were wee...in primary/high school, and now they are married, getting married or working full time in amazing jobs! 17 years changes a lot!
Enjoy the video of our family fun. There are lots of shots of all the kids in the pool!
Blaney BBQ 2014 from The Fales on Vimeo.
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