Best Family Weekend

First of all...HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!! Thus begins the biggest birthday month in the Hertz Family. We kicked it off a little early with a big family reunion at Mom and Dads and it was FUN!! We had 25 people there! The cousins had a wonderful time getting to know one another while the parents swapped stories about what we've all been up to. I managed to take 153 pictures, but im pretty sure blogger would cancel my account if I tried to post them all at once, so this may take a couple of days :).

When we first got there Grandpa had set up the slip and slide and was in the process of setting up the baby pool for the kids-and they were all excited! Here are some highlights:

There were also squirt guns...intended for the kids...but often abused by the adults (Uncle Gus):

Uncle Gus terrorizing his own children....

Lil' Gustav out for revenge....

Matthew is about to squirt Grandpa...who has no idea. Uncle Stephen looks like he's trying not to laugh...

After all that excitement it was time to eat! And boy did we eat-mom had so much good food (stored in her be-yew-tiful new fridge :))...in addition to all the deliciousness that Andree brought-I will be dieting for months to recover!

Little Termites!

That is one tired little boy....

Sarah...who is as sweet as she is adorable!

SOPHIA!!!

Later that night we had a big crawfish boil-courtesy of Gus and Steph and Steve and Jen...it was so fun!! (Matthew was a bit traumatized by the fact that when it started the "mudbugs" were alive and well, but after being put in the pot...they were dead. Caitlin had no problem with the whole thing and kept asking for more)

Crawfish hottub. Really hot tub.
Overlooking Uncle Gus cooking the crawfishDinner's on!
Um...mom? I think there's something wrong with this one...He's not moving anymore!

Caitlin was facinated! I think she preferred them after they were cooked...much less wiggly-

The rest of the visit was just fun fun fun! Caitlin and Callie played a lot and even had matching bathing suits! Matthew just ran around like a crazy man. These next pictures are just a sample of all the fun-

Dad and his (second) favorite dog....

All right, thats enough for now. More later...maybe.