Cousins galore!

In July we had a chance to get together with lots of cousins, aunts, and uncles from my side of the family.  We traveled up to Wyoming and had way too much fun playing with everyone! Jade and Kiera got to meet some cousins they have never seen before and had a blast!  Jade and Sara are about a year apart in age, they had tons of fun sharing and pushing this stroller together.

Jonathan took a real liking to little Kiera and was teaching her how to do all sorts of things....play the piano, watch TV, eat animal crackers and much more!  It was so funny because he would constantly report to me how Kiera was doing on a certain task--he followed her everywhere and those two bonded instantly!

There was a bag of jellybeans at Grandma's house and of course guess who found them...Jadee loves her jellybeans and I am not sure how many handfuls like this she grabbed!

We went on a walk to the park...cute girls!

Sara is a little monkey!

These two had so much fun on the slides...

Grandma, Kiera, Great Grandma--a shot I could not resist!

Kiera bumming a banana off Great Grandpa!

Jonathan teaching Kiera how to roll a ball.  Afterwards he came up to me, handed me the ball and said, "She's not very good, take this and practice with her!"

This piano has been at Grandma's house ever since I can remember. Each grandchild has played with it and they all love to bang on it.  Now it's Kiera's turn!

Kiera found a picture of our little family on Great Grandma's piano. She stared and smiled at if forever--I guess to see if we were real or not.  It was cute!

 And then she leaned in and gave us all a great big kiss!

The infamous little kids table!  I remember sitting at this exact same table when I was little--it is a tradition to cherish.  I just can't believe I am now old enough that it is my children that are sitting there!  Funny thing is, it is now me chasing the kids around, begging them to eat--instead of being the one running around and not eating!  It really made me have empathy for what my parents went through!

Kiera absolutely loved sitting at the big kid's table--what a treat!

I found this scene in the back bedroom...Jade had enlisted Sarah to paint her fingernails!

No visit to Grandma's would be complete without a friendly game of basketball at the park across the street!

Getting daring with cousin Brooke! Jade loved all of her cousins and followed them everywhere--Brooke took good care of her!

Once again--Kiera was surrounded by the boy cousins.  This time Jacob and Hyrum were teaching her something.  She had a great time with them.

We had a great trip to see my family!  It was much needed and I love them all so much--it is a bummer they live so far away!  Kiera and Jade played so hard--we wore little Kiera Bear right out!