Family Reunion at the Farm

Every five years the Rahjes family gets together at the farm where my mom grew up for a reunion. It is SO fun! The farm is a perfect place for the reunion because there is so much for everyone to do! At one time, I looked around and there were at least four different games going on, in addition the the kids playing in their "secret hideout" that Brady had found. We spent three days almost entirely outside. We had the added bonus of unseasonably cool weather (highs in the 80's - unusual for Kansas!)

The first "reunion" we had was 10 years ago, before Aaron and Mia were born. Each time the family gets bigger and bigger! Aaron and Mia were really looking forward to meeting their cousins. My cousin, Kimberly, posted some great pictures from the reunion on her blog. (She also wrote a nice post about my brother, Bryan - check it out if you have some time.)

Kimberly took most of the kids for rides on the four wheeler. Mia wanted to go FAST and Aaron thought the slow speed was just fine.

Brady had collected some toads in a container and the kids were very interested in watching them try to climb out!

Throwing rocks into the creek is always fun!

The kids in front of Aunt Denice and Uncle Robert's house. Thanks you guys for opening up your home to us!

More pics coming soon...

Horses

Most of you who read my blog (how many are there? I have no idea!) know that we just got back from our family reunion at the farm in Kansas. Growing up we only got to go to Kansas about once a year and we always had so much fun! I'll be posting a more pictures from the reunion later, but I came across these old photos and thought it would be nice to include them along with the recent ones. Enjoy...
My cousins Maurica, Jamie and I on the horse!
My brother, Bryan. We all missed him at the reunion.
My cousin Lori riding with Bryan. Lori has always been the one taking us for rides on the horses! She is great with the kids and the horses, and she understood at the reunion when I didn't even want to lead Mia's horse around. (No, I'm not scared of horses, but I'm not that comfortable taking the reins!)
Maurica's daughter Jessica leading Mia's horse - Annie, I think (please correct me if I'm wrong). Hard to believe that Maurica and I used to ride together and now her daughter is leading my daugher around on the horse!

Thanks, Lori, for sharing your horses with us! Mia absolutely loved it!

**For some reason, Aaron didn't want to get on the horse this time. He saw them backing out of that trailer and he got a little scared, I think. I do have a picture of him and James riding on the horse from the last reunion, though. Maybe next time he'll give it a try!