Easter

9 1/2 years

7 years

3 1/2 years

 10 1/2 mo

Family from WA

the 3girl cousins

Honey with 7 of the grandkids

missing three kids but oldest to 2nd youngest here

the double digit kids this year

the girls minus 1

Priss and aw

Doodle and Swee with cw, bw and gw

 

This weekend was great.  The cousins arrived on Friday and we spent every moment possible with them.  Hours of playing outside, riding the golf kart, eating, shopping, bonding, laughing, and making memories.  Nothing fancy or out of this world occurred while they were here but it was wonderful to see them all together.  The girls enjoyed each other like no one expected...no fights or drama.  It was wonderful!  The boys were great together..a couple of issue moments but nothing like the past.  Everyone shared and played well together.  It was very hard for my kids to leave for school this morning after having to say goodbye to them last night.  A year is a long time to be away from someone you love and it is especially long to a child.  I am grateful to have had these days with them and would love to have had more.  It is amazing to see your children interact with your siblings children.  I wish it was more frequent but I will treasure when it does happen.  Love you Wall family and can't wait till Swee's baptism to have you back again!

They moved away

Blakeleigh watching cartoons with Priss

 

Dallas playing blocks with Swee

 

The twins that we had taken care of since they were 6 months old moved away last week.  It was a sad couple of days when we found out that they would be leaving/moving pretty far away.  My kids got so used to the twins being here practically everyday and especially Doodle since they played together.  I was sad to see them leave and really hope that their lives turn out great.  

Our Personal Chef

Grilled Southwest Chicken

Homemade Mac and Cheese

Tossed salad

Brownies

 

 

To help Priss learn to appreciate the time and effort put into making dinner she was responsible for making an entire dinner for the family. She had to plan the menu, make sure we had everything she needed to make the foods and then she had to prepare them.  Doodle even got in on the action by helping with the brownie batter.  The food was delicious and she was so proud of herself when we sat down at the table.  Swee requested that she forever be in charge of making the mac and cheese now.  I loved having a night off from dinner duty.