We have had many awesome, epic tree hunting adventures in years past. But this year there just wasn’t any way to fit in a trip to cut our own. Sometimes simply being flexible is the name of the game. It was drizzling and cold, again, so it was a short lived outing but any outing with cousins is a fun one. Oh how thankful we are to live nearby my sister and her stellar hubby and their beautiful, precious kids!
There is something wonderful and healing for me about going to the same place to do the same thing year after year. I am more aware of this now than ever just because the last couple of years have held a lot of change for us. It’s nice when some things stay the same. Like Bob’s corn…we had a perfect, cold, fall day with my sister and her family.
We hustled our buns this morning to get our morning school work done so we could go for a walk down our favorite trail. The nice, clear, blue sky/cool air days are such a delight. Having a cousin to share them with is even better.
Audrey was a little sad that she didn’t have a stick like her buddy Isaac. But she found one then continued her ‘baby chatter’ with her cousin.
How sweet are they? They are so their own little people already. Audrey throws fits over what shoes to wear. Isaac finds danger at every possible opportunity. Audrey’s face crumples if you look at her sternly. Isaac is so tough that he does remarkably well ‘wrestling’ with his big boy cousins.
We thought it would be fun to have same-gendered cousins since they would be 6 weeks apart in age…but wow, we both feel abundantly blessed to share our lives with these two little people. They are both such perfect gifts to our families!
“Got my pink shoes, my pink kitty, my pink jacket and my favorite lovey-what a lovely walk!”
“Got my stick. What else is there?”
It is possible this one needs a haircut. But man is his straight, soft hair so handsome.
And this one? He was carefully holding his treasure in the lid to my coffee, a super fuzzy caterpillar that he brought home with us today (he also-unknowingly-brought a shoe covered with fresh dog poop into the van, that was fun).
I realized in looking at pictures from our wonderful trip to Anacortes that we had many pictures of the family in the exact same places as last year and we were there in August both years…I thought it would be fun to post them together. So much changes in a year!
Tired Kyler last year
Tired Kyler this year!
Bathing three last year…
Bathing four this year!
Caleb last year…
…and this year at the same beach.
Sweet Rylee last August…
..and this August, minus a few teeth!
Kyler last year…
Kyler this year, more hair and less baby chub!
the baby cousins last year, tiny and new…
…baby cousins this year, into all kinds of mischief together!
Last year, in the kitchen, looking at the baby deer and her mama…
…this year in the kitchen with family visiting from Africa!
Table for Six 