I took several of these pictures, but quite a few were taken by Brian and Miki Leach and Tom and Katie Rowan. I had to steal some of their excellent photographs to get the most complete story of the weekend.
Thank you to everyone who made the event at the Susquehanna Farm possible and to everyone who came and made it awesome. This weekend is one of the highlights of my entire year.
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| Friday afternoon horseshoe pit construction: Emily, Trafton, Daniel, Jim, Kaya and Cletus the dogs |
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| We set up camp on Friday and settled in. Here we are having dinner with the Rowan family and Jessica in the campground. |
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| Trafton had a really great time pushing his wagon around the campground area and he pushed his lawnmower around the barn area down the hill. |
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| Trafton found some of our empty beer bottles and decided to ham it up! |
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| This was in the middle of me taking off Trafton's daytime clothes, changing his diaper and putting on his nighttime warm clothes on Friday night. He got away and had a great time streaking through the campground. |
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| Friday night - Quay and Jessica |
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| Before our band, Cabinet, arrived on Saturday, Trafton and his new buddy, Justianna, did some tumbling in the barn. |
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| Saturday morning in the campground with Tom and his eight-month-old son, Liam |
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| Relaxing in the family shelter - I love how close Trekker, Tom and Katie's dog, is to sleeping Quay. It was very protective looking. |
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| Trafton was enamored with Justianna - he wanted to do everything she did. |
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| Playing in the sandbox, I mean horseshoe pit |
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| Cabinet's van rolled in during the afternnon and they got set up in the barn. |
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| Horseshoe Tournament |
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| Daniel and Tom - Daniel was one half of the 2012 champion team! |
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| Pappy and Brian (Pappy and J.P. from Cabinet came to the farm early to get in on the shoe-throwing) |
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| Joe and Brian - Brian was the other half of the 2012 champion team! |
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| Jim and J.P. (with Mickey from Cabinet taking photos from the grass behind them) |
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| Daddy and daughter |
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| Tara and Jenny with Quay |
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| Grill Master Joe S. |
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| Grill Mandaster Joe P. |
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| Rich, Megan, Beth, Gavin, and Baby Reid chillin' on the lawn |
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| (A gentleman I did not meet) Sue, Laura, Matt, and Morgan chillin' on the lawn |
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| Brian and Daniel with Quay |
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| Cabinet's late afternoon bluegrass set (minus drummer, Jami) |
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| Here's to hoping Quay will have a love of music in her life! |
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| Beautiful Mama Katie with Baby Liam making the most adorable face |
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| Chris and Jake's dog, Cletus |
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| Brett |
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| Jessica and Quay |
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| Watching Cabinet's afternoon set |
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| Jessica, Jim, and Gavin |
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| Joe, Tony, Chris, and Rich |
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| Tom, Katie, Jenny, and Baby Liam watching Cabinet |
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| J.P. and Dylan |
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| Mickey |
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| Todd |
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| Pappy's playing guitar! |
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| Trafton woke up from his nap to find Cabinet on stage! He was a little bit in shock. |
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| Daddy Tom dancing with Baby Liam |
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| Love this little cutie - his special onesie says My First Equinox on it! |
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| One of my favorite pictures that Brian took! |
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| Another favorite that Brian took |
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| Jessica |
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| Jake |
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| Kara and Miki |
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| Jessica and Daniel with Quay |
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| This year we ordered dinner from Balzano's Italian Kitchen. While everything ws delicious (sausage/peppers, baked ziti, and salad), Trafton especially enjoyed eating the ziti for dinner. |
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| Tara, Quay, Jenny, me |
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| Family shot, except Trafton hates these |
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| Chris and Rich |
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| Trafton enjoyed creeping under the bar. |
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| Tony and his son |
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| Thank you Lille Hogan Club members for financially supporting this event! |
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| Jason with his adorable little neice. He was worried about having a beer can in this picture, but then I showed him the picture from the afternoon before where Trafton had two bottles in his hands and was 'drinking' out of one. |
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| Time to go to the campground and get the kids covered in warm clothing - as night fell, it got pretty chilly. |
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| Sangria Master Tom and his assistant, Jessica |
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| Toast Master Tom gave a beautiful speech about the Equinox Family |
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| Toastin' Time! |
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| Steph and Karen with Quay |
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| Jason and me with Quay |
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| Jason and Adam |
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| Jason and his very tired nephew |
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| Karen and me with Quay |
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| Lou and Karen |
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| The second set - very rockin'! Cabinet came back on stage and played a bonus third set (not part of their contract), but I missed it as it took me that long to get both kids ready for sleeping in the tent. I came back down the hill just as they finished their final note. |
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| Daniel watching the second set with a tired little bear. |
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| Brian and Jessica |
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| Tara and Jenny |
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| Brothers Tony and Chris |
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| Dancing with my little sweetheart |
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| Karen and her tiny dance partner |
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| Jim, Jake, Brandon |
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| Sue and Brett |
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| Jessica and Mike |
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| Tom dancing with Trafton |
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| Emily and Rich with Trafton |
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| Justianna with her dad, Brian |
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| Let the hay be tossed! |
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| Tara, Jessica, and me with Quay |
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| Tara showed Trafton how get in on the hay tossing! |
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| Miki and me watching Cabinet |
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| Trafton started off slow throwing the hay, but then got really, really into it! |
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| Trafton slept soundly, although he had trouble staying on his sleeping pad. |
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| Quay woke up a few times to eat, but other than that, she did well sleeping, too. In the early morning hours, she didn't want to sleep in the pack-n-play anymore, so I just stuck her in my sleeping bag with me. |
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| Jason and Quay in the morning fog in the campground |
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| Morning view of the barn |
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| Jason went to the bagel shop and got everyone breakfast that we ate around the fire. |
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| Tom, Katie, and Liam in their new pop-up camper |
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| The Rowan Family |
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| Jason and Adam with Quay |
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| Nick and me with Quay |
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| Joe with the Beyer children - Kids just seem to love Joe :) |
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| Trafton (sporting his Thomas pajamas) and Emily playing in the barn |
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| Me with an adorable eight-month-old Liam |
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| Morning snack time |
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| Joe and Jessica with Liam |
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| Lish arrived late in the night on Saturday and we all got to spend some time with her in the morning. She has been a rare guest since moving to Washington. |
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| Katie with Quay, Lish with Liam, and me |
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| Jessica made her traditional zucchini parmesan for lunch on Sunday - Trafton is such a lover of all things tomato sauce and you can see him enjoying it fully in the behind the Rowans. |
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| Bloomsburg alumni: Jay, Rich, Joe, Tom, Jim, Lish, Jenny, Jessica, Daniel, and me |
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| Time to pack up and head home - it's always a little sad when the weekend is over. It is such an emotionally filling time for everyone with all the love that goes around. |
