My dad's siblings started a tradition quite a few years ago now, that on any major birthday, all their siblings, and as many spouses and kids that can make it, get together to have a weekend celebration. All four of the siblings live spread apart, so it is no small feat to get them together. At the beginning of August we got together in Monterrey to celebrate my dad's brother John's 60th birthday.
We started the weekend at one of our favorite restaurants, Passionfish. You may recall us going here for our babymoon, my 30th birthday, and another birthday. We do love Passionfish :). This time was special to go with the family, and also Emeline came for the first time. Kate too for that matter, but she didn't partake in the delicious food.
Here we all are.
And here's Emeline with her very own Passionfish children's portion. We sampled it too, it was amazing!
Emeline very excited about the bumble bee present from Aunt Susan and Uncle John.
The birthday boy and his younger brother.
Aunt Susan gets to hold Kate.
And with Uncle Rick.
And of course asleep on Aunt Diane.
The rest of the family enjoyed a full weekend including a trip to the aquarium, whale watching, bike riding, and more delicious food. We were kind of restricted by the whole not sleeping business, and nap time, so we made it to the aquarium, out to dinner once more, and then to the beach before heading home. Between feeding Kate and chasing Emeline at the aquarium (literally) we didn't take any pictures. We were there not long ago in December, so we didn't worry about that too much.
But we did get some nice pictures at the beach. I think it was Kate's first time at the beach on the outside. She mostly slept.
Emeline was oddly afraid of the water, so she played in the sand at a distance.
And I had to keep walking to keep little miss Kate asleep, so I took some pretty beach pictures.
Happy Birthday Uncle John, and thanks for the reason to celebrate!
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