August 21, 2009
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Sonoma Family BBQ
We ended our trip to Santa Rosa with a big family BBQ for Dolores' side of the family. It was at her cousin's house in Sonoma, up Sonoma Mountain. WOW, what a gorgeous place. It was a little farmhouse, I think, that has been a work in progress. Adding on, reworking the inside, backyard stuff. It is just beautiful!! And what a view!
(I didn't get a pic of the front of the house.. the front was super cute, too, looked like a little country house.)
View on the way up the mountain road to the house..
Chris enjoying...
..this view!
Austin going out to the deck where Daddy was..
Uncle Tim getting some water at the end of the day after putting some chairs away..
..another door that leads out to the deck and down the stairs to the pool area.. again with the view.. it was such a peaceful view. LOVED it!
People pics, visiting inside the house..
Austin learning how to play foos-ball.. (sp?)
..and then teaching Milo who is 15 mo. old..
Milo and his mom, Kelly..who is married to Chris's third cousin, Peter.
Little Chris and Sara, who are Toni & Pat's kids. Toni is Chris's third cousin as well. (Peter's sister) I think I'm keeping it all straight. ha!
Chris is 5 yrs old, and Sara is about 3 mo. older than Austin. She was a tiny baby at Austin's baby shower. They're all getting so big!
Aunt Lucci, and Aunt Alice (Chris's great-aunts, they are Dolores' aunts)
Alex and Leigh in the background.. (my nephew and sis-in-law)
Then after the eating, the party moved to the front yard for a game of Pirate, a pinata, and some more visiting..
Austin helped take this one..
Little boy was hot and sweaty,it was warm that day.
Some fam..
(Aunt Alice and Casey, and Mark standing up)
(Mark, Lucci, Cheree-Mark's wife..expecting twins!, little Chris, Jeanie, Joanie, Betty-family friend, Leigh and Casie)
(green shirt is Susie-our hostess, little boy in green, Theo, Toni, and Laura Jean? I think.)
Playing ball with Uncle Tim..
Chris, Tim, Warren-my F.I.L., and Jake, I think?
And the ever popular, and Austin's very first.. PINATA!
Waiting his turn and watching with Pat, Toni's husband.. taking it all in, figuring out what he's supposed to do.
Then he knew just what to do!
Sara's turn again!
Theo, baby Milo's big bro. (he's 4 yrs old)
And Chris..
Alex finally had to take a few swipes at it to get it open for the kids..
..and a swipe it was, it broke the stick! (plastic broom-handle)
Then they had fun picking up their prizes!
And shortly after that, we left for our drive home. It was a fun five days filled with lots of family visiting and fun, and ended with the big BBQ where I saw lots of family that I had met already and lots that I had never met. Chris has a really big extended family, I was told this wasn't the half of it. I'm pretty used to that myself. ha! Austin has no shortage of extended family, that's for sure.
I hope I got all the names right. I was really trying to keep it all straight when I was there. So, Dolores, sorry if I butchered any names or relations! 
