Sunday of Labor Day weekend, 2004, we went up to Hagerstown to visit Dad's side of the family. Gary wasn't with us, since he was down at Virginia Tech for the Fall 2004 semester. Here are some pictures of the cousins and the relatives.

This is Gregory, my youngest cousin. He's a scream. I caught him on video trying to catch thrown ice cubes in his mouth. We bet that he'd be the first to fall into the fish pond (not shown) but actually everyone stayed dry. Below, Gregory and his sister Anna are enjoying our Aunt and Uncle's hammock chairs that they brought back from Mexico.

Above are my younger brother Ben, and my cousin Peter. Below, starting with the person closest to the camera and moving counter clockwise around the table (those of you using the right-hand-rule will give this picture a "thumbs up") are my cousin Sara, my Grandmother Marschner, Laura, Gma's cousin, Joe, and Uncle Gregg. In the background, from left to right you can see my Aunt Kay, my mom, and my dad.

To the left are Sara and Anna, "hiding" in one of the chairs. They hid from the big bad photographer man (a.k.a. "The Cheeseman", courtesy of Gregory . . . why, I don't know), except when I wasn't trying to take their picture, in which case they got quite indignant. Below is a picture of a beautiful rose from Aunt Vickie's gardens.