Yes, if this were Sesame Street’s “One of these things doesn’t belong here” songs, I’d be the odd (wo)man out. That one on the left is my faaaaaaavorite! :)ĪHHHHH! We got to be in a family photo! Look at these gorgeous people!!!!! <3 My adorable, handsome, sweet, all-grown-up cousin. I may be mistaken on one of the “greats,” but I’m pretty sure this was Audrey’s great, great, great grandmother’s button hook. Can you believe this was the view from Audrey’s room that morning?! This dress photo is one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken. <3 They held their wedding at the Sandia Resort and Casinoin Albuquerque, New Mexico! They kept in touch and yadda, yadda, yadda, 7 years later Joe surprised Audrey at Grand Central Station and asked her to marry him. And my cousin is one of the kindest men I’ve ever met who happens to be really into photography and I’m determined to get them to come visit us and go to Walt Disney World sooner than later.Īudie and Joe met while in drum corps, Joe was the lead trumpet and Audrey spun flags all fancy-like in the guard. She is completely stunning and talented and sweet and kind and loves my cousin so incredibly much.

The best part of the weekend was meeting my NEWEST awesome cousin, Audie. It was so bittersweet- Wonderful of course with all of us back together, even better realizing I’d be best friends with any of these amazing people who happen to share my genes. I seriously love them to pieces, but it was heartbreaking every time I remembered how far apart we all live and how long it may be until the next reunion. He and Audie were getting married in New Mexico, and as the wedding Gods would have it- It was during our busiest time of the year but we had the weekend FREE! It was so fun to make my first trip to Albuquerque and yes, Nate and I may have spent an afternoon touring Breaking Bad locations! But seeing my cousins was a favorite highlight of last year.

To say I was excited when Joe emailed was an understatement. It’d been so long that we were all past college, a third of us had since met and married our spouses, and most importantly, my sweet cousin Joseph was now a grown man who calls himself Joe! We’re spread out through California, Nebraska, Oregon, and Florida, so not exactly close. It had been well over a decade since I last saw my cousins.

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