3 days, 1400 miles and still alive to talk about it!

On Friday we embarked on a serious road trip!  We drove up to Rochester for a friends wedding and then headed over to Syracuse to surprise Grama Riggs for her birthday!  Boy was she surprised!  The next day there was a picnic with lots of family and friends.  It was so much fun and we were sad to leave Monday morning.  Here are some pictures from our fun.

Emma playing with her cousin Mackenzie

This is our new niece Gretchan.  She is 2 months old and 

makes the funniest faces!  Dan lovingly refers to 

her as "Benjamin Button," but that is just because 

he is jealous of her hair

This is blurry but it captures the stuffed dog that

haunts Emma's nightmares.  She is terrified of cats

and small dogs....and apparently small stuff dogs as well.

Emma could not bring herself to even look at it.

Now that I look at him, he does seem quite menacing...

Emma and Mackenzie playing.

Mackenzie was teaching Emma how to crawl..

And yes, she is this beautiful in person too!

Emma tries but her big ol' butt weighs her down.

Soon enough Emma!

Cousin Pete.  He likes long walks on the beach and sunsets.....

Cousin Sam (possibly Emma's favorite).  She

loves to just stare at him and he is so great with her!

Emma and cousin Carley.  Emma outweighs her little

cousin (who is older by 10 days) by almost 10 pounds ;)

leg comparison.

Dear Emma, I'm sorry you got your 

momma's legs and cankles.  I also blame my 

momma for those too.

cousin Dominic

and cousin Bradley.  These two could possibly be

the most polite little guys on the planet (and they

happen to love ice cream!