We were blessed to be home at the same time as my brother, Joe, and his family. It had been a long time since we had the entire family together. Ella got to meet her cousins, aunts, uncles, lots of friends, and her great-grandma Costabile! We started with a party to celebrate my Dad's 60th birthday, a trip up North to the family cabin, Ella's first trip to Bay Beach in Green Bay, a trip to the Milwaukee Zoo, a family pizza party, and sleepovers at Grandma and Grandpa C's and Aunt Elizabeth's! It was an incredibly wonderful week, and we know how blessed we are to have families who love us so much.
Ella was assessing her surroundings at Bay Beach.
Grandma was assuring Ella that Bay Beach was a fabulous place!!
At the top left you can see Joe, Jackie, Calvin, Mayzie, Alex, and Skyler ready for their ride down the slide. My parents and grandparents used to take us to Bay Beach all the time! The rides there are still only 25 cents! Lots of fun memories from here!
Alex and Skyler made it to the bottom.
Cousin Mina with Ella! Mina is such a great big cousin and helped out with Ella any time she could.
Calvin, Natalie, and Mayzie LOVED going up and down the ladder to the loft. The loft had 4 beds where my siblings and I used to sleep.
Mina, Skyler, and Ella after a good nights sleep.
Alex was trying to sleep a little more!
Elizabeth, Joe, Kasey, and Jane-- The Core 4, as Jane refers to us, being as silly as ever!
4 fabulous generations!
Ella's Great-Grandma Costabile, Ella's Grandma Costabile, Mommy, and Ella
All 7 cousins together at last!!
Aunt Jane LOVES her nieces and nephews!
The cousins playing together at the cabin.
Cousin Natalie holding sweet Ella.
Feeling for teeth??
Grandma C. and her grandkids at the Milwaukee Zoo.
Sleeping Beauty missed out on the picture with Grandma and the grandkids.
Since there were so many of us at the zoo, everyone had their own zoo buddy. I was lucky enough to have 2 zoo buddies, my two sweeties Kaylie and Mina!!
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