Cousins!

We leave for Australia on Tuesday - so before we left we called around and last minute got the cousins together as Jackson LOVES all of them so very much and will miss them all over the summer, however no doubt will bring back many stories to tell of the deep ocean and catching fish. As we will miss Ashlyn's birthday we also had a little fun with some cake and candles!


O.k I just have to say Maggie is adorable - is such a happy little baby - now 8 months she has almost 4 teeth - can pull up on everything but cry when she can't figure out how to get down, laughs ALL the time at anything her brother does. Is always trying to get his toys - and only when he wants to play with them! So I hear " No MAGGIEEEEEEE NOOOO" followed by Maggie crying and then the plod of her crawling as fast as she can after Jackson and the treasure toy of the moment. I still breast feed her - a ... lot.... :) but as she also takes a bottle I get a little relief for nights out and Joy took her and J overnight last night and aparently she was the happiest little angle ever - only trying to bite Jackson twice and pulling his hair once. She gets mad when she doesn't get what she wants :) She also came back growling - something new. Thanks Nee Nee for giving us a chance to really enjoy ourselves at the Crawdad boil - I didnt' know how much I needed a bit of a break until it was forced on me!
nothing better than a big chunk of watermelon - they all raced to see who could finish first.

Good times
something got them laughing :)
Butterfly cake for our adorable Ashlyn! - chocolate, pink icing and sprinkles - delish! Followed by singing Happy Birthday to Makena, Kammy, Jackson and Christopher! Sharon, Angie and I laughed how great it would be to just get one big cake and line them up - sing 8 times and be done! Easy for us - no fun for the kids. We were so happy to have the kids over and loved watching them play hard - digging around in the mud in our yard (which Kammy discovered actually isn't that pleasant when its all over your pants) I wish I could have them over every weekend, it was just a nice relaxing time and I enjoyed having my sisters in law to laugh with and hug on. There was more to come - in the 2nd annual Crawdad Boil 2010 - seriously laughed till our cheeks hurt :) Thanks Sharon and Angie for taking time to hang out, even with everyone's busy schedules - love you both.