all in the family

We went to the 7th Leafblad family reunion last weekend which only happens every 5 years. I think there were close to 350 family members there and based on the number of pregnant women we will be a much, much larger group come 5 more years. They held the reunion at a new spot this year because we outgrow the old, more rustic one and I have to say I liked this one much better (sorry Leafs!) I am not much of a rustic girl and the air conditioning was very much appreciated in this hot, humid August weather.

Bergen had a BLAST! There were about 60 kids under the age of 5 so he was never short of a playmate. Plus, he was surrounded by many family members he loves to play with but doesn't get to see often enough. And other then losing him once by the lake which pretty much stopped my heart until he was found(THANK YOU STEVEN!), he did great considering all the excitement and stimulus around him. Annika was the star of the reunion being the youngest member. She slept most of the time (either on Grandma Barbara, Aunt Pam's or Aunt Deb's shoulder!) and at 3 weeks old she was at the perfect age to just go with the flow.

Below are a bunch of pics from the weekend and like usual we took our fair share. For those that don't know - there were 11 siblings in the Leafblad family and we are from the Paul branch of the Leafblad tree who was the 9th sibling. On picture day each branch of the tree wears a different color t-shirt so we can can spot who is with which branch of the tree. It is a very awesome sight to see the all the colors of the branches together. . . so amazing to be just one Leaf on this awesome, growing tree.

Pictures:
Row 1: Megan, Bergen and Gma Leaf on Gma's 80th Birthday - - The 3 Annikas at the reunion
Row 2: Crazy Leafblad Boys - Team Queen of Sweden
Row 3: Doug bringing back the 80's - - Bergen with his coach