It's Always Fun When Cousins Come,

When Cousins Come to Play
July 18th-21st

During a phone call with Kara I spontaneously invited her to bring her boys for a visit and she spontaneously decided to come.  For sisters with the same plan-ahead-and-over-organize-everything paranoia this came as a wonderful surprise to both of us.  Of course, the two of us would have a great time together but having our boys have fun together is an additional bonus.
And, have fun they did!

Max and Zane are all about "vehicles".  They know the names of nearly every construction truck and train car and when we pulled out the car mats they led the way.  We haven't had the car mats out since Levi moved into the toy room over a year ago and my boys have hardly missed them but once their cousins imaginations took over they zoomed around on those mats more than I've ever seen them do before.  The ping pong table added even more driving space and a perfect runway for the planes.


In the garage they were entertained by the basketball game, both for shooting balls and for monkey climbing.

During the hottest hours of the day Max, Nathan and Hyrum relaxed in the house with games, videos and Netflix . . .

and Zane was entertained by the sink.

On Sunday morning they looked like mini-missionaries and since we had them all suited up early we put the 

Book of Mormon video on for them.   It gave the mom's just enough time to finish getting ready.

After church they had a picnic on the porch and then waited patiently, catching every last
minute together, while the truck was loaded.

We tried to get a few age/height pictures of our adorable little men but that just led to silliness

So, to the sound of their laughter, having had a great few days together, they were off.  As soon as we walked back into the house Hyrum asked, "when are they coming back?"