Cousins*

As someone who grew up with a crazy number of cousins, I think it's strange that my daughters don't (and likely won't) have true cousins. By that, I mean none of their aunts and uncles will have children of their own. This used to bother me quite a bit because I thought they would be missing out. Luckily I was wrong. They have cousins even if they're not related by blood. I love seeing them together. Love it. Our favorites are Audrey and Clive (Aunt Erin & Uncle Adam) who live close by, but the girls couldn't get enough of Falon (Pappy & Grammie's granddaughter) and little John John (Pappy & Grammie's grandson) was just too cute for words.

And a surprise bonus! We have cousins Selah and Elise! Score! I'm so blessed to have my cousin Andy and his wife feel like my girls can call their girls "cousins." Watching them all together made my heart sing.

Life is good even if not how I always pictured it.

Camping makes me happy

Father's Day Camping

It's become a tradition and I love it. This year, we added collecting heart-shaped rocks, badminton, making friends with trees and rock climbing to bocce ball and card games to the list of fun activities that make our camping trips all the more unique and special for our family.

Wordless Wednesday

90's Day

Ellie had 90's Day at camp and I found myself surprised that my decade is now a themed day! Crazy. I'm thinking Ellie's version is really a cross between 80's and 90's but she insisted that knotting her shirt was a 90's thing and didn't believe me when I tried to correct her. What do I know? It's not like I grew up at that time. Oh no, that would just be dating me. At least we got the grunge thing down!

Happy Grandpa's Day

This year for Father's Day we went a bit out of this world...

(sadly I don't have a photo of the monsters Addie drew for Pappy. I'll update the post if I can get a copy)

Makes me smile

Murder in the Kitchen

Addie: Mommy, I have something really sad to tell you. There. Is. A. DEAD. Avocado. On. The. Kitchen. Floor!

Where are my pants???

Ellie told me to not look at her picture until AFTER we left the office. I had to wait until the next time I came into the office to see the lovely treasure she left for me to enjoy.

Passive Aggressive

After a conversation where Ellie learned that we do not plan on letting her live with us forever, we stopped by my office to take care of a few things.