Herrmann cousin reunion

Last Saturday we headed to the Manitowoc/Valders area to visit Grandma E and Grandma H and partake in the Herrmann cousin reunion at Roy and Joy's farm. Jeff and Jen came with us so we had an awesome ratio of adults to James for a full day of traveling!

Our first stop was to introduce James to Grandma Ellestad. We also got to see Patrick's aunts Jan and Barb.

It was clear that Grandma E had not lost her touch... James happily curled up in her arms for much of the visit!

After a short stop to watch the badger game and get some wings - we traveled to Valders to see the Herrmanns.

There was a great bonfire, plenty of delicious food and lots of willing hands to hold James!

We came prepared for the chilly fall weather but spent most of the time inside the warm garage with the ladies and other babies. (There were 3 new babies all born since the beginning of August.) Here is James in his fuzzy white bear suit (borrowed from Thomas and Josiah ).

I had a little buddy for part of the night too, Robbie, big brother to one of the other new babies, Alex. He kept asking if I was holding Alex! He was a great helper and wanted a photo with James too! (I would have taken another photo since Robbie's eyes were closed, but that seems to be his camera pose!)

Cute shot of Alex, his Grandma Grace and GG Herrmann.

And here is a photo of the Ellestad portion of the Herrmann family.

James was a big fan of the baby bjorn as well. I think it will get a lot of use this fall!

Happy fall everyone!

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