family reunion...

we travelled to door county for our annual stachowiak family reunion. there were 24 of us there total. i didn't take as many pictures as i would have liked, but here's a brief re-cap from the photos that i did take.
we loaded up the car on wednesday and had a very happy boy on our hands. i think all 3 of us were excited for a few days away and lots of good family time.

thursday morning max played cars with uncle gerry. max was loving all the floor space. i think he got too used to it because last night i picked cars up all over the house! :)

i don't think he was awake yet?

ryan, leslie and hayden arrived thursday afternoon. hayden had brought some tongs along to play with. he decided to try to eat his hot dog with them.

and he got a little help from grama.

later that day, after some playtime, the boys enjoyed a piece of string cheese.

and a deep conversation.

max got in some cuddle time with uncle ryan...

and with dada too!

on friday morning a group of us headed to "the farm." it's this neat (and overpriced) little animal farm and petting zoo in sturgeon bay. you can't see it from this picture, but the kids got a small baby bottle of milk to feed to the little goats and lambs. it was precious! max was giggling up a storm.

part of our crew.

max and dada were feeding corn to some of the bigger goats.

petting a small goat...

this one gave him a kiss...look at his face! too cute!

he was so excited to see these baby pigs. he wanted to hold it so badly.

he saw this big guy and kept saying, "wow, BIG goat!"

my two favorite boys.

checking out the ducks.

exploring the farm.

what lassie? hayden fell in the well?

the martin family!

me and my mommy.

the hicks family.

grama and her grandsons.

cute little goats!

after some serious hand-washing, i let max ride up on this tractor. he was loving it!

it was such a hot morning...we enjoyed push ups before heading back to the cottage.

after getting the boys down for their naps, we headed to do a little wine tasting and vodka tasting. unfortunately we found out that the vodka distillery didn't open until the following day...the boys were a bit disappointed.

lindsay posing with this random greyhound statue that we found at the winery.

we went to the restaurant inside to enjoy a drink and some pizza.

ryan and leslie.

and drew and i.

we headed back to the cottage to get ready for mexican night! heidi made her famous homemade salsas, i whipped up some sangria, and we had some awesome grilled chicken fajitas!

there was the possibility for a storm so bill and lindsay got bundled up to take the jet skis back to the dock.

we also celebrated hannah and teddy's 11th birthday that night!

here's hayden on saturday morning!

on saturday a group (bill, grama, drew, max, ryan, leslie, and hayden) headed out to a swimming beach but i don't think anyone got any pictures. another group of us went to sister bay to do some shopping.

saturday night we enjoyed some yummy bbq and a bonfire.

everyone was gone by sunday afternoon.

we had such a great time. i'm so glad we get opportunities like this to spend time with family. now we're looking forward to getting together with all of the martin family in august! :)