The Ornelas' Odyssey: Labor Day Weekend

We had a wonderful three day Labor Day Weekend full of fun times and lots of family at the lakehouse. The lakehouse has got to be one of my favorite places to go because it is so relaxing and it is just a great meeting place for our family since we live all over the state of Texas. Grandma Pebble came with my mom and dad, Allison, Tim and my favorite niece Blake came, along with Travis for the entire weekend. My uncle Kevin, Uncle Scott and cousin Reagan, her hubby Jeff and their sweet daughter Reichly also came for Saturday and Sunday.

It was the first time for cousins Santiago, Blake and Reichly to meet each other. Reichly is 14 months old, Santi 7 months and Blake almost 6 months old. As you can see in the next few pictures, Santiago looks almost the same age as Reichly. He outweighs her by 3 pounds and is half her age! Reichly is such a cutie pie and sweet girl. She barely made a peep except when she was giggling while her momma chased her around the house.

Reichly, Santiago and Blake shared their toys :)

Here's grandma Pebble with Santiago on the porch at the lake. We sat out here a lot this weekend relaxing in the beautiful weather. The lake is extremely low so we weren't able to play in the boat or on the waverunners. We rode the "hackysacks" a little - (kayaks) and my dad and Travis caught a few fish. Everyone mostly just hung out, ate a lot of yummy food and played bean bag toss.

Here's Reagan and Santiago

Blake loved Santiago's curly hair! Grandma sat Blake on top of Santi's back while he was playing on his tummy. I'm sure they will play like this when they get a little older too!

Here's pretty Blake Michelle! I just love this picture!

Santiago has his very first tooth breaking through on the bottom and he is loving this teether toy that vibrates when he bites down on it. Luckily he hasn't been very fussy or anything while this tooth is making its way. He did a lot of laughing and playing and loving on people this weekend.