Happy New Year! We closed out 2015 with a visit to Phoenix, wanna see?
Day one (not pictured): driving, million stops, always forget we lose an hour, yada yada
Night one (not pictured): a wonderful gathering of southwest cousins and offspring, sinfully delicious pizza, cookies, copious wine consumption, visit to other cousins from other side of family, heads up/name game/stray dog chronicles.
Day two:
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Morning at Camp Flatley! I love to sip my latte out there, but it was cccccccold! How we suffer. |
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Clara and the kids |
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An afternoon Tempe excursion for a little rock scrambling and gorgeous warm desert sun |
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These two. totally just went down the rabbit hole of clicks back through the history of this frousin love. sigh! |
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commence heart attacks |
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Mia and Luke took a joyride |
Somehow STILL afternoon:
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laser tag! godhelpme. Bill and Joe were there too, but they didn't fit themselves into the frame. |
Then we all headed to Sheila and Joe's for delicious spags and balls, and I caught the world's best photo of the 3rd generation from both Flatley and Kennedy bloodlines. You have to see the whole series, though. Money shot was the last one
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After scolding ourselves for not getting a cousin photo the previous night when another Flatley family had been represented, we made do with our fine selves after rejecting about 40 test shots in which I looked like I was holding in a pee pee. |
We suggested to Jon that he photoshop himself in there.
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He looks good, doesn't he? |
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cranky. |
We ended that long day with a final visit to our Kennedy types, who happen to live exactly one mile from our fabulous hosts
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they are adorable to boot |
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cheers! |
And then just like that, we had a final breakfast with the guys and a quick visit from Sheila and Mia, packed up the rig and hit the highway to home.
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Night night, 2015. |
This year had ups and downs, but certainly went out with a bang!
Update:
Aw, love the frousin love. So much! Mind-bending that so very many sides of so very many families live so close to eachother. *Poof*. That's the sound of my mind blown.
ReplyDeleteThe gorgeousness of the desert is eclipsed only by the gorgeousness of the peoples. And Clara and Mia's faces. I die.
Love it, gf! Happy 2016 to you and your'n.
Love you!
xoxox
Ellie
Love all the family getting together, warms my heart.. I miss you guys...
ReplyDeletexoxo mom