Cousin Night

June 23rd~ Occasionally we swap childcare for date nights with my sisters, and on this night we watched the Chase & Henry kids at our house.  (Josh and I got to go out the night before, and the Chases watched our boys!)  It was really fun having all of the cousins here together!  We had homemade pizza for dinner and cookies & ice cream for dessert.  The kids played upstairs, downstairs, in the hot tub, and finished off the night cuddled up watching a movie.  We are so thankful to have family close by (on both sides)!  It is a blessing to watch the cousins grow up together!

Ready to eat!

All Eight!

Josh even brought Tate in for a little bit!

Cedar & Tate emptied the toy box together. (:

Starting to mellow out...

Dessert time!

Snuggle Time

Oakway Park + more

On June 21st, Amy invited us to Oakway Park to play with her kids and the Neale family.  Ronan, Griffin, and I rode our bikes there (Tate was in the bike trailer), and it went really well!  I'm looking forward to many more family bike rides this summer!

Tate loved the fountain, and Ronan as always was drawn to the sand & water. (;  Thankfully I came prepared with baby powder and extra clothes!

Emma & Ethan

Tate was trying to have a conversation with this little boy:

Hooray for Summer!!!

I don't think I mentioned yet that we agreed to take care of Manuelita, Ronan's 2nd grade classroom pet, for the whole summer!  She is a very sweet turtle and is easy to take care of, but you know, it's another think to remember to take care of. (;  It's going great so far!

Tate is gently laying on Manuelita (;  I made sure that he wasn't squishing her before I took the picture!

June 15th continued~ We had dinner at Mom & Papa's house with the Chases, Henrys, Jahangards, & Adamians.  

Melissa, Becca, & Katrina

The little cousins must have been eating outside, because all of us big cousins took over the dining room. (;

Group Photo Time

Line 'em up...oldest to youngest
Tyler, Sadie, Ronan, Cohen, Finley, Griffin, Lincoln, Cedar, Tate, & Dominic

 After dinner we went to the church where Kenton & Katrina were hosting a game night.  Melissa and I ended up hanging out in the nursery most of the time with the little kids. (:  It was fun watching them play together!

Tate was really into pushing the stroller & other carts. :)

Tate & Lincoln

Sadie is so good with kids!

 Steve & Kellie got in on some of the games. (:

 We had such a nice visit with our cousins--we were sad to see them leave the next morning!    

Thanks again, Kellie, Steve, Melissa, & Shaheen (and boys) for including us in your Oregon travel plans!!  You are welcome to come back and stay with us anytime!

More Cousin Fun!

That evening, after hiking Skinner's Butte, we hosted a BBQ at our house for all the family. 

Sadie had her first softball game that night, so they left & then came back afterward.

The Henry Boys

Grill master

A tub full o' boys!

Sweet Dominic is ready for his dinner.

There's always lots of energy & excitement when the kids get together!

The guys shooting hoops.

Sadie & Dominic

The next morning we spent some time walking around downtown, and ended up at Mezza Luna for lunch!

Josh met up with us on his lunch break!

Silly/scary faces!

This day continues on the next post...