Family Vacation Recap! (Better late than never!)

Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. I know I did! This weekend I went down to my old college stomping ground to visit some friends and go to a wedding shower. However, this post isn't about last weekend, it's about my trip to Seattle which was the weekend before last (4/24 - 4/28). The whole reason for the trip was to celebrate as my uncle's promotion in the Army.

Being that no one other than my uncle's family lives in Washington, we had a lot of family make it out for the celebration. Here's a group picture of all of us (minus my mom and sister- they came in the next day for the party).

The promotion ceremony only lasted about 15 minutes, but all the pictures took 3x times longer than the ceremony itself.

Saturday was party day, but I started it by going with one of my other uncle's to pick up my mom and sister from the airport. It was nice that my part of the family had finally made it.

Can you tell we're related? I think this is one of my favorite pictures of us!

The party had some really good food. I got my cooking on by making the ribs. They turned out pretty good. I just should have boiled them longer, but other things needed to get cooked, so I didn't want to hog the stove.

However, I think my favorite thing on the menu was....

The "Frogmore Stew" was all cooked together in a huge trashcan, and then dumped on a camping table for all to enjoy. The flavoring used was really tasty and it was just fun having a bunch of people around the table picking from the pile. The corn was my favorite part of the whole stew.

After dinner, the games were on! For some it was sitting inside watching the Red Wings game...

Can you tell my uncle is a huge Red Wing fan?

While some of us played cards games...

 

Cousins + Apples to Apples + Drinks = Many Laughs Had

My trip to Washington was short, but I think it was a great little gateway. I got I visit with family I don't see very often and we created new memories that will last a lifetime!