Since our boy has decided to go and add a Kara to our family, we thought it was time we gathered our clans together. Last Saturday in NJ at my parents house we made some food, drank some iced tea, enjoyed the sunshine on the deck, and got to know each other.
(Kara's family is perfectly normal,
despite the fact that every picture taken of her might suggest otherwise.)
We ate, we talked, we laughed. We ate more.
We came up with many possibilities for Kara's new name, many of which I now forget. (I do remember "Clown-Qualley-Kooistra" quite clearly, and wonder if the others were similar?)
Kara's mother brought *the wedding dress* (which I could not take a picture of, on the chance that Dave might commandeer my camera and see it by accident), so we women gathered in the bedroom to ooh and ah. She will be a beautiful bride for sure. 
Then, after Kara's family headed back to PA, we Kooistra children took a group photo, despite the fact that we were exhausted and could barely keep our faces in one position for the 5 seconds it took to pose. (Perhaps that's why we all look a bit crazed....one of us in particular, though I won't mention any names.....though, did I mention that "crazy-qualley-kooistra" was possibly one of those possibilities I mentioned earlier?)
Then, after Kara's family headed back to PA, we Kooistra children took a group photo, despite the fact that we were exhausted and could barely keep our faces in one position for the 5 seconds it took to pose. (Perhaps that's why we all look a bit crazed....one of us in particular, though I won't mention any names.....though, did I mention that "crazy-qualley-kooistra" was possibly one of those possibilities I mentioned earlier?)
It was a treat just to be all together, and nice to get to know the loved ones of the Kara we have come to love as well.
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