End of Spring Break - MD, PA, & DC

At the end of Spring Break, family representatives convened around the country's capital for Mommy's cousin Sharon's son's Bar Mitzvah. Ryan is our chlidren's second cousin. Ethan and I proudly represented Team Cohen, and while he was on his way from California, I got to special adult-only time with some extended family in Maryland!

with Uncle Dennis and Aunt Sharon

with Grandma

Our Party Bus picked up some stragglers, and we road tripped from Bethesda to Baltimore to Harrisburg, PA!

JoEthan were united after a whole week apart, and it felt so good.

This simcha had the magical power of bringing together 9 out of 10 adult cousins who couldn't remember the last time such a beautiful moment happened.

(from left to right) Zack, Sandi, Alyssa, Brian, Elana, Sharon, Mitchell, Debbie, Mark

We also had a unique opportunity with this not-so-bad looking group of OG's:

2 out of 4 brothers with spouses and the 4 representative Nana/Zayde grandchildren:

9 adult cousins and their representative offspring:

2nd cousins in front: Mira, Jacob, Joey, Drew, Jake, Ryan (Mazel Tov!!), Abby, Ethan

Team Cohen represent!

cousin bonding

In the afternoon after parting ways with much of the extended family but before parting ways with the rest, we headed to Hershey, PA for the Chocolate World!




More Kaye Fam togetherness:

For our last night of vacation, Ethan got to have a sleepover at Gigi's apartment!


With a few hours to spare before needing to head to the airport, Zayde and I took Ethan on the fast version of the Washington D.C. Monument Tour.

Jefferson Memorial

from Jefferson Memorial steps

cherry blossoms

MLK Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Washington Monument and Reflecting Pool

Capitol Building and White House (with green St. Patrick's Day fountain) from the car as we head out of town

Last, but not least, we made it onto our flight with surprise Gilden guests! Gone to Texas!