the cousins crew

Seriously challenging to get a group of people to look "normal" while posing for a camera precariously perched on a ledge. Perhaps it’s the absence of a photographer to actually say the words "say cheese!"…I dunno. That being said, here we are:

So, by way of introduction…Rob, Carman, & Jim from left to right in the back row. Me, Karen, Angie in the middle row. Hope, Brianna, Austin, & Olivia in the bottom row. Rob, Carman, & Angie are cousins. Carman & Angie are brother & sister. Karen, Jim, & I married into the group. Rob & I claim Hope & Austin. Carman & Karen claim Bri & Liv.

Got all that straight?

(and just to give you a sense of what we’re really like…prior to this picture, we did one of just the adults. The guys switched places behind us so that they weren’t standing behind their spouse. As they were cracking up at how clever they are, Carman says "Eeeewwww…I got my sister!" Serves him right.)