Cousins - Summer 2010

I have a few hours while the kids are napping, (actually I should be cleaning our house that is completely trashed with Christmas decorations/boxes all over the place), but posting pics is way more appealing at the moment! =0) So I thought I'd try to crank out as many updates as I can, since there really never seems to be a convenient time.

At the beginning of the summer, my sister and I met at our parents, and had a little vacation with the kids. They reminded us so much of us when we were little. Always having a big "plans" and ideas of things to do. They had high aspirations of making a fort. There was lots of digging, moving boards around.... and very little accomplished. But it did keep them occupied for a few hours, which was heavenly for us moms! =0)

Even the little ones wanted to help!

After all their hard work, they wanted to go swimming. So we took them up a few miles to a private beach that my uncle is building a cabin on. It's small and quiet, and usually we have the whole beach to ourselves.

Reagan caught a tadpole

Madelyn, never one to be outdone, is trying to catch up with her little cousin Stefan, as he swims past her with a life jacket.

These two are quite the pair. They have a love/hate relationship, that we hope one day will even out into a friendship. They really do love each other about half of the time. They are so cute to watch! They chase each other, hold hands, and belly-laugh like the best of friends. And the other half of the time they are taking things away from each other, competing over everything and tattling like the best of them. =0)

These bikes caused World War III, but as soon as everything was settled.
They were off and riding!

My parents have an ancient old tricycle. I mean so old, that I don't even think the tires have air in them, they are some weird kind of tire that just feels really hard. You'll have to excuse my lack of mechanical knowledge... I'm sure there is some word for that. So since I had my camera out anyway, I couldn't resist taking some cute pics of my sweet little nephews feet! =0)

Aren't they sweet!

I love this pic!