a mini kelly family reunion

we've had quite the party in my family

starting last thursday

two of my brothers came to stay the night with us

 it was so fun to see them and show them our house

 benny and henny

henry liked ben pretty much off the bat which doesn't happen very often

 sienna was so sweet with eleanor

they spent a lot of the weekend together

and eleanor was pretty happy about it

 friday i drove my five plus sienna to ryan's house

 it was a bummer michael couldn't come because he had to work

but the kids all had fun sitting together

 cousins!

 my brothers playing pool

 henry being a monkey and trying to get down and run around the mexican restaurant we ate at

 i thought the kids all looked cute sleeping on the floor

 the first morning we were there henry woke up at 5am

it was a loooong morning

but he was extra cute to make up for it

 i am so, so glad ben could come up from texas

it is always so fun to see him

 we got some sibling pictures before the baptisms

 and some silly selfies

 it was so neat to watch justin and apollo get baptized 

 more cousin fun

 hazel still loves holden

 an intense game of pickleball 

 sisters!

 all of us kids with our parents

 such a great view while in the backyard

 olive loves nelson

and insists on holding him even though he's huge

 noah slept way more than normal in the car

since he was in the front seat

and there was pretty much no fighting for the same reason

 on our drive home we stopped at sumpter junction in baker city for lunch

it was a lot of fun

the kids loved watching the trains go by

 chris and his family stayed one more night with us on their way home

and then this morning we said our goodbyes

despite eleanor only being 2 when we moved from utah, she still remembered and loved her aunt jen

 noah and chris are kindred spirits

they both love to tease and are oldest children

they had lots of fun teasing each other, too

 olive and taylor almost look like twins sometimes

i kept trying to get a picture to show how similar they look

but it seems like you have to see them in person

they are almost the same height despite taylor being a year older

and their hair is the same length

 chris photobombed them and olive was not impressed :) 

it was a really fun family filled weekend

and totally worth the driving

and lack of sleep