All of the older set of cousins, minus Samuel, Maria, and Ronald who were inexplicably not present.
I have the coolest cousins one could ask for! I hadn’t seen all (though I had seen some) of my Mast cousins for over four years! This was a big change because before we had gotten together at least once a year. Those intervening years brought many changes. The first of us cousins–Maria–got married and is pregnant with her first child. Another one of us cousins is dating. She brought her boyfriend–Dennis–to the family reunion. He professed extreme nervousness when stepping out of the van to be greeted by all (roughly) 30 of us! Us boy cousins had a grand time playing the overprotective cousin, taking care of our fair damsels. So we delighted in giving him a hard time.
My favorite picture of the entire trip is the following one. I am proud to report that it was my brain child. All us guy cousins grabbed garden implements of various kinds (sharper ones were preferable) and chased Dennis the Menace the Boyfriend:
Isn’t that sublime? The look of terror on Dennis’ face is perfect!
We all liked Dennis quite a lot and had a blast with him, in case you hadn’t noticed. btw, that title Dennis the Menace (which stuck) was how cousin Renita referred to him in the email that went out to the whole family giving a schedule of the weekend. Isn’t that awful? 
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September 10th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Ha! Y’all gave him quite the introduction to the (extended) family.
It’s good to see pics of Mark and Derek again. I haven’t seen those guys for probably 5 years. Pity that Ronald wasn’t there.
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