Cousins

I honestly believe that this word is Taelyn's favorite word. We got some quality time with so many cousins during July.


The weekend of the 4th Jon's brother and his family came out. We were able to go to the zoo with them. It was a blast. Taelyn loved the animals, but the cousins made the trip even better.
I'm so glad these two are such good buddies! I had Tae's stroller, but they preferred to ride this way.

I was so glad my SIL was pregnant, too. The kids kept a pace that we could both manage.

I wish I could have gotten better carousel pictures, but by the time I started figuring my camera out, the ride was over.

We had so much fun that it wore Tae out. She slept so well under that wet blankey. I kept getting crazy looks from people for having her under a blanket, but it kept her nice and cool.

She woke up just in time for the train ride.

Don't let the face fool you, she enjoyed it!

For as short a ride as it is, it made me laugh that she couldn't stay in one spot the whole time.

The following week Jon had class up at Tony's grove. Because he didn't want to make the drive to Logan the morning of, we stayed with his sister and her family. They opted to go up for the day as well. I could see why Jon's last class was up there. The class was Native Plants and the flowers were amazing.I'm disappointed that these pictures are fuzzy. Apparently I need to remember to clean off the lens after letting Taelyn play with the camera.

These two had so much fun together. He kept telling his mom that Taelyn was his best friend.

The hike around the lake nearly did me in. It didn't help that it took so long because all the two little ones wanted to do was stop and throw rocks in.

Toward the end they both got tired.

Jon had class on his birthday, so we celebrated the day before. We took dinner and cake down to another of his sisters' house and spent the evening with them.

I wish I had taken more pictures. Unfortunately this starts my 2 week hiatus from the camera...

Taelyn wasn't too sure about getting close to Spike for a picture.While there she also learned to pedal a bike. She was so proud of herself.I'm including this picture because I'm so proud of those braids. It took a half an hour, but lasted for 3 days and I let it go wavy the 4th. Good time investment, I think.