Pizza night!

So there's a Friday night tradition that my aunt Ginny and uncle Rich in Iowa hold dear...pizza nights. From what I understand, they have people over to their house and order pizza most Friday nights...friends & family alike. While I've never been to Iowa for a pizza night, whenever my aunt and uncle come to town, they bring the tradition with them.

We missed out on their recent visit to the Lou due to the plague that cursed our house for two weeks after Xmas, but their son (my cousin Brian) and his wife and kids were in town this weekend, so we got another shot at pizza night tonight.

It's always awesome to see my cousins and family that I don't get to see all that often, even though many of them do live in St. Louis -- and tonight was a really fun, but rare chance to see all 5 great grandkids together. Yes, it was chaotic...but it was so much fun watching all of them, wondering if that's what my cousins and I were like back in the day.

They were roaring, hopping like frogs, counting and even reciting spanish to each other. Ok, so Ryan just ran around and watched - but he still had fun. Best of all, we got a shot of great grandma with all of her great-grandkids. I love it. More than you can know.

From left to right, that's Haedyn, Great Grandma Jinnie, Cooper, Grace, Ryan and Natalie.

Yes, my kid's the only one not smiling...but he doesn't quite understand the idea of group photos yet. :) Regardless, it's still a great shot that we'll treasure for a long time to come.