4th of July weekend with all the cousins!
We entertained 14 plus 3 furry creatues this weekend at our house. It was...as always a fantasic, amazing time. these kids are growing up so fast and they are all such great kids!
I want to remember the amazing weather for the Seadogs game, and how JPP was able to sweet talk some nice people in to moving their seats so we could all sit together.
I want to remember the oooey, gooey melty icecream Sea Dog Biscuits
I want to remember these two and how they are such buddies, it's so great how the littles look up to the bigs.
I want to remember the fireworks and how they are always so long and amazing.
I want to remember nine kids in the pool and sunny summer days spent in my backyard
I want to remember the slip n slide!
And more laughs
And sisters
and the "Oh this water is sooooo cold!" 4 year old faces
I want to remember kids making up their own games....
and how beautiful this girl is inside and out
I want to remember girl cousin sleepovers in T's room
and boy cousin sleepovers in L's room
and how two or three of them are always huddled together
I want to remember the smiles
and the familt togetherness
and learning new skills on how to do pretty hair and nails.
I want to remember boy games
And where and how they all learned how to chop wood by hand (it's not work kids....it's a game to see how many hits it takes to chop!)
I want to remember the first annual egg drop contest, how creative the kids boxes were, how they were occupied for the better part of the day with it and how we can't wait to continue the tradition next year.
The winners!
I want to remember how V was trying to learn how to do a blackflip all weekend but could never quite dare to.
I want to remember the FOOD! and how we ate ourselves silly with the talk of a "cleanse" afterward"
I want to remember all the clean up helpers (both complaining and not complaining) and how K is so good at rallying the troops to do any sort of "unpreferred" activity.
I want to remember the love....
And the neighborhood fireworks and sparklers (thank god no one had to stop drop and roll!)
and the campires!
I want to remember TWO double waffle makers going with our traditional P family gathering
Overnight waffles and how it's always the guys job to make the late night triple batch of batter.
The kat themselves silly on those waffles
I want to remember girl time
I want to remember that family can also be friends.....
I want to remember how the bigs help the littles. She let him keep her "worry doll" and now he uses it every night. LOVE THIS GIRL!
I want to remember riding the waves....
And burying ouselves in the sand
I want to remember this family, and while we may not always be perfect and get along all the time, we all love each other so much. Love wins.
