Friday, July 09, 2010

Cousins Visit!

All of the Utah cousins came down for a visit at the beginning of June. It was great to watch the kids get reacquainted with each other after a long time apart. My sister Allison has 4 kids and my sister Sommer also has 4, so my kids were in Heaven with so many cousins to play with.

Allison's family stayed at my house for the week. It was my first time EVER having out of town visitors at our house. I really liked the nights, after the younger kids went to bed and having breakfast with everybody in the morning.

We had a really weird cold front move in while they were here, which was extremely nice, but it spoiled the kids' fun on the day we went to the splash pad at the park. They all stayed wrapped up in towels. Sorry, no photos of that.

I did get some photos of our lunch with Granny at Pedro's in Glendale.


Gavin dealing with stretchy cheese


Granny eating by the little girls


Gavin and Amelia sharing a knuckle bump? Mom and Katelyn looking awkward.


Luke and his cheese crisp


Gillain and Jane


Allison, Henry and Elliot


Lucy doesn't like having her picture taken so she always acts like a dork. She's like her mom. Except I don't act like a dork on purpose. It's inherent.
After lunch we took Granny home and then treated the kids (ok, and the moms) to a visit at our favorite candy shop, Smeeks, in central Phoenix.



Allison considers Elliot's candy selection


Jane and Lily play with a wind-up toy.


These glasses are part of a disguise basket that is there for kids to play with.


Lucy is thrilled to be here, as you can see.


Mom with Reese and her gum ball.


Psshooo! Psshooo! Psshooo!


Time to plunk down a bunch of money for not that much treats, but it's the experience, right? At least there's free gum.

The rest of the week was filled up with playing at Grandma's, a birthday party for Henry, an adult date to Kona Grill and Gelato Spot in Scottsdale, and lots of chaos. We also passed around the stomach flu all week. I wish we could get together more often, so we don't have to cram everything into one week, but I'm glad we had the chance to get together!

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