Chinese proverb

"An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place or circumstances. The thread may stretch or tangle but will never break."
(ancient Chinese proverb)


Wednesday, July 31, 2013

A July full of cousins

In July Audra was able to meet many of her cousins who live out of state.
 
First up were the Boyle cousins on 4th of July weekend.  Sean's cousin who lives in North Dakota was in town to see her parents.  So we all headed down to Philadelphia for a mini family reunion.  She has 3 kids...her oldest is 7 months older than Riley and her youngest is 6 weeks younger than Maura.  So everyone had a playmate! 
 
 
The Boyle cousins from left to right:
Riley, Quinn, Charlotte, Maura, Harper, Aidan, Patrick, Audra, Daniel

 Sweet girls...and silly boys!
 
 
  Four Boyle girl cousins...all 5 years old!

 
The next weekend was my sister's wedding...so many family members finally got to meet Audra, including my brother and his family who live in North Carolina.
Here is my sister with some of her nieces and nephews:
 (3 of my 4 kids and 3 of my brother's 4 kiddos)
 
And finally, the last weekend in July is always the Kelly Family Reunion
(Sean's father's side of the family)...
and everywhere you look is a Kelly cousin!
(Kelly-cousin is a bit of a loose term, because everyone at the Kelly reunion is considered a cousin...by blood or marriage...1st, 2nd, 3rd, whatever...everyone is a cousin!)
 
My girls with "the babies". 
 
Maura was so excited to see them again...last year they were only a few months old.
I have no idea what "degree" cousins they are to each other.  My girls' grandfather is the 1st cousin of "the babies" grandmother...  

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