September 13, 2011
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Labor Day Weekend
I know I am a little late with getting these pictures up, but better late than never, right?
We have the privilege in the Kilmer family of having a small extended family.
We can still get together with all of my Dad’s side of the family and only have about 30 people, including children and in-laws and grandchildren.
Mostly because my Dad only has 1 siblings who married (his sister is single) and quite a few of their kids didn’t get married very young or have many kids early.
We usually get together for Christmas, but this year we decided to do a Labor Day weekend reunion which turned out to be really fun!
Here are a few pictures of what we were up to that weekend…in case you are interested!
My cousin Sheila and her Mom Loretta. (I always am most excited for our get-togethers because of the time I get to spend with Sheila. Even though she lives only 3 hours away, we usually don’t end up seeing each other more than once or twice a year. She is such a sweetheart. And so calm and patient with her kids. I admire that!)
Just sitting around looking at photo albums, etc. (My sister Debbie and my Mom)
The girls playing Polly Pockets in Mom and Dad’s living room.
Eating candy and hanging out.
This is a common scene at family reunions. My husband sleeping. Oh, who am I kidding? This is a common scene any.time!
My Dad and his brother Glenn. I really like this picture of them. Just sitting around visiting and having a good time together.
Sheila and Bruce’s son Darrin…hauling wood over from our place for the little campfire.
Cornhole toss and quates. In case you don’t know what those are, it is kind of like horseshoes. (I was too lazy to play.)
My brother Loren (grey shirt) and cousin Jared.
My BIL Paul (married to Lynette – on right) and cousin Brenden.
Bruce with Patrick.
The boys and men played football in the yard later on.
Us ladies sat and watched. Then I got cold and went inside. (From left to right: my sister Lynette, SIL Lourdes and sister Debbie with her daughter Sherra)
Every time we are together we play a Trivia game! I LOVE Trivia. I am always the question asker. We are very serious about it, as you can tell. My cousins are super smart and there is no way my siblings or I can beat them. But we still have fun. (A raised hand means you have your answer in your head and then we all go around and say what our answer was. Using the honor system. A right answer gets you 1 point. Ending score: My cousin Brenden – 25 points. Me: 6 points. OUCH!)
Debbie and I were in charge of Monday morning brunch.
BIL Paul with Debbie’s Sherra
Cousin Justin with his finance’ Shirl. They are getting married at the beginning of October. What a cute couple!
Aunt Loretta organized a gift exchange/white elephant type of thing. The kids especially love that.
Yes, he tried to look like this. I don’t even know how he did it.
And then there was the family ballgame. First time we have ever done this and it was a huge success. I LOVED it! The teams were pretty even. We let the little kids play too. I felt so young and vibrant, to be out there hitting and fielding and running around those bases. I badly want to play in a co-ed team next year. Softball has long been my favorite sport!
My Mom even played.
And my Dad pitched (part time)
My brother Joe on first base.
Bruce (back catcher on here) was the only one who hit the ball over the fence. Not once, but twice.
Nikki mostly played in the dirt.
Sheila’s son Darrin taking a break.
And that was that.
Good memories. Fun times.
And then…
Boys’ first day of school. Which was actually before Labor Day. Is that a crime or what? Yes, I think so.
I had the right idea. A paper with their year and grade on it. Too bad I didn’t think through the “can’t really see the writing on the paper cuz I used too dark of construction paper thing” but now we’re in a rush and no time to re-do it kind of thing. Ugg. Whatever. Story of my life.
Later…
Comments (6)
it looks like a really fun family get together! all except for the softball game thing. i would rather…(i was going to say die, but that’s a little extreme) do about anything else than play softball. thankfully in my family we all feel the same way. ;O)
love how you guys always play trivia and you are the question asker. i’m sure you are far!!! from stupid in your answers! even if your score was below who-evers.
That looks like a blast Audrey! I haven’t played softball in YEARS. I always loved softball even though I wasn’t good at it. The breakfast you helped make looked delicious too. Fun memories for the kiddos. I like the back to school pictures. The boys are so handsome I didn’t even wonder why they were holding blank pieces of construction paper
i always wanted to like softball. it looked fun, it was What We Did and…all the cool girls were good at it.
here you are, proving my point, you cool girl you!
so fun seeing pictures of your family members. then i can match the faces with names of those people who are important to you and try to keep it all straight. sorta straight.
one of the best parts though…is that picture of kendall. i know that you know which one.
miss you.
I always love your family get-together post, Aug. Because every one of you Kilmers sends warm circles around my heart when I see you in photos or in person. Of course living at Glenn’s place for two impressionable years of my life has a lot to do with that. And then living next door to you that year in Stone Lake.
I am so happy for Shirl and Justin!
I remember being so scared to play softball with the northwoods youth because you guys were all so good! I do like a good game of ball, but I’m not very good at it anymore and never was outstanding at all. I think a family game sounds like a blast–and low-pressure, somehow. But I’m glad I’m not a Kilmer when it’s Trivia time. My goodness. If you’re a 6 I’d be a 0.
I am laughing at the pic of Kendall. Bryant does awful things with his eyes too. Like turning the lids inside out.
Aww family get-togethers, such fun!! Love seeing what all other families do on days like this. Looks a lot like ours.
And the picture of Kendall, totally cracking me up!!
What a fun family get together! I can’t imagine what my trivia score would be like, but I’m kind of glad I can’t.
Just saying, your score of 6 would probably look pretty good! 
Loved all the pictures and connecting the dots b/w names of people you talk about and their faces. And the ball game looks like fun! I love to play but was never good at it so the low pressure games are the ones I like. 