This was the day!

The Medinas traveled down from the Seattle area--a loooong drive! They used to live at my house, so it was like coming home again. Rachel, the mama, wanted to have a get-together with her other cousins in the LA area. She asked if they could all get together at my house. Could they? Wow! The answer was an unhesitant YES.
So invitations went out, a pot-luck lunch was arranged, and--even though some of the grownups had other commitments besides--we were all together for a grand afternoon.
The Medinas took an early tour of "the village"--that's what downtown Claremont is called--to do some nostalgic shopping.

Here we are back at the house.

All the nine cousins were assembled when they had finally played themselves out.

The back row L to R is Drew, Max, Xavier, Olivia, and Sabrina. The front row is  Lincoln, Sean and Eva. If you counted the cousins, you know there is one missing. hmmmm He's reluctant to have his picture taken, but he was caught unawares while in action earlier. That's Matthew with the dark shirt.

 It was a brief but precious and memorable visit. God bless them all.