Fun in the sun with cousins

I haven’t written much about the fun we’ve been having with our cousins here because I’m kind of waiting for pictures to go with it. But we’ve been having a blast. Jenna and Kaylee disappear for hours playing happily together. John had been running around, playing on the playground and playing with cars and trucks with Danny. Cole, however, is in cousin heaven. He has two cousins, Brenden and Bryce, who are just about his age. They’ve played countless hours of monopoly, magblast, risk and phase 10. Yesterday they broke out the laser tag, and they’ve been shooting each other all hours of the day and night. The three boys were also my landscapers this week, and while Cole mowed the lawn, the other boys sprayed the morning glory, pulled some weeds and dug out two junk trees I needed removed. They’ve gone on bike rides and hikes and they even went horseback riding. Even though Megan is not technically a boy, they’ve allowed her in on a lot of the fun, too. We set up the little pool, and had all the kids splashing about and running in and out of the water. Away from home, they’ve enjoyed American Fork canyon, Cabella’s, and the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving point. Since it was the Museum’s 7th birthday, they had lots of birthday festivities all this week, and even had cake! The kids had a blast. Of course, no family outing is complete until someone is put on time out, and it’s made even better if there’s an “I hate you” muttered venomously through clenched teeth. So, in this respect, it was a huge success. Here are my two girls on time out at the museum. I had to pull them both toward me and make them say two nice things about each other. Notice that I’m the only one smiling. But other than that it’s been a wonderful week. We also celebrated another cousin’s birthday last night, so it was even more of a cousin fest. What fun we’ve had, and we’re so glad to have our family visit!