Carpenter Family Picnic 2010

Family reunion #2 got off to a rough start. We had left home and were making good time, but we found a fairly big dog wandering Pacific Ave, a main street through Tacoma. We stopped, picked him up, and took him to the nearest Vet. He was microchipped, thankfully but it took a while to get a hold of the owners. Because of that, we took him with us to the family reunion. We also had Mike's niece Kennedy with us. With 2 kids and a big dog, riding in the Pruis was tight so we headed back to the house and got the big truck so everyone could ride a little more comfortably. We weren't too far from home, but by the time we got back on the road, 2 hours had passed. With a 3 hour drive to Bellingham and a 2 hour delay, we were now NOT making good time. By the time we got there, some people were already leaving.

The BBQ was held at a very nice city park in Bellingham which was great for the kids. There was a playground and water area. Jack and Kennedy had a blast. My photography skills had to take a backseat to chasing Jack around, and trying to get him to eat something. It's was also harder for me to take pictures at Mike's reunion, because his family is so big that I don't know who belongs to who and if the people are part of his family, or just happen to be hanging out near us. His family is pretty big. I think Grandma Glen said that the Carpenter family is the biggest family in Bellingham. We met Mike's Aunt Gert who came up from California to visit which was nice. After we visited at the park, we went to visit Grandma and Grandpa Glen at their house. All in all it was a very good visit. The entire weekend was very tiring and MIke had to go to work the next day. I'm sure that he was the most exhauted of all......



I'm pretty sure that this little guy was with the Carpenter family. He and Jack both had a ton of fun playing in the water area together.









Say CHEESE!!