The day we got home from our big road trip, we were met at our house by my sister, her husband, and their six kids. They were on a road trip of their own, in the middle of a move from Florida to Washington. We were glad they were able to stay with us for a few days on their way.
It also happened to be the 4th of July. We couldn’t do any fireworks (because of the drought in Texas everything had been banned), so we just enjoyed a big dinner together and then headed to the pool.
Here are 10 of the 12 cousins eating dinner together (Laura’s two youngest weren’t at the table):
Henry and Pace (4) were best buddies at the pool:
And Rachel and Gretchen renewed their best friend status right away. I love how cousin love can just start right up again, no matter how long it’s been since they’ve seen each other. 
They included Lizza in the fun, too:
Lizza playing hide-and-seek behind a pole. I love this picture – she’s so skinny, it actually does kind of hide her. 
The next day the kids spent a lot of time playing games.
Henry and Pace made up their own game, kind of a checkers/chess combo. I’m not sure how the rules worked on that one. It looks like the board might not have even been involved, since Henry’s sitting on it.
They also had a lot of fun discussing Lego magazines together:
Last year Laura and I were both pregnant with our sixth kids together. We had almost the same due date, but her little boy was born 2 weeks before Cynthia. I loved seeing them hang out together.
They remind me of the Siamese twins in Lady and the Tramp (except cuter, of course). Who, us? We’re not getting into trouble! We didn’t just unplug this. We are completely innocent!
We went back to the pool the second day – it was an easy way to keep all 12 kids entertained.
Here are some attempts to get a group shot of all the kids together. Cindy kept ruining the shots by crawling away. We gave up on getting everyone to look at the camera at the same time, and decided to just focus on keeping everyone in the picture:
Back at the house – lots of Lego building.
The next morning it was time to say goodbye, and they continued on their move.
I can’t wait until we can come visit you in Seattle (it will be just as much fun, except with maybe less swimming).
6 comments:
I love all of those cousin line-ups. Hard to believe you already have 6 kids Joanne. I have some catching up to do. I like your comment about how easy it is to catch up where you left off with cousins-- makes me sad I haven't seen you in such a long time. If you go to Seattle I might just have to make the drive to see you!
i love every picture in this post so much! the ones of pace and henry on the couch checking out lego magazines are especially cute. it looks like there are way too many kids in the one of everyone at the pool. i had to count to make sure there were only 12. so fun!
so fun! i LOVE the pool line-up ones. that's at least 4 or 5 families, right?! it looks like SO MANY KIDS!
So funny, I counted the kids in the group shot too. Those pictures were so great! You should frame one of those group shots and give it to your parents for Christmas. If I was a grandma, I would love something like that.
great post, jos! that was such a fun visit. definitely come visit in seattle. even though we won't be swimming, we will probably get just as wet hanging out in the rain.
Cousin love is a beautiful thing. It's true that it just picks up right where it left off, every time : ) So cute seeing all the kids lined up together at the pool with the babies crawling away. That just makes me happy : ) Oh and Henry and Pace with their lego magazines make me happy too. So cute!
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