More Cousins!

So by now you know I'm kind of sentimental when it comes to cousins. Since Grayson is an only child I really want him to grow up close with our extended family and it's nice to have so many cousins close in age to Gray.

While my sister and nephew are in town, we took the opportunity to gather my dad's side of the family for a swim party over the weekend. This time I managed to get a picture of baby Jack and his bib says it all...

I also managed to wrangle the older boys in the pool long enough snap a picture. Getting them to all look at the camera simultaneously was way too much to ask. Out of about 10 pictures, this was the best I could get. 

With all the energetic children running about, Mike took the opportunity to get in a little manual labor by tapping into their "helper" attitudes.

Yes, this is Luke & Gray happily scrubbing the pool tiles with two tile brushes. They had a blast while Mike just sat back and smiled. Someday soon we'll have to open our wallets to motivate this kind of hard work.

Next up was a lasagna dinner. That's my kid eating at the table without a shirt on. Classy!

Toward the end of the evening, the boys were a little rambunctious (imagine that), so we made a pallet on the floor and turned on the movie Cars.

Jack even joined in the fun briefly and Grayson really wanted to hold him. He's not quite big enough for that yet, so Aunt Suzanne suggested Gray hold Jack's foot (a responsibility Gray took extremely seriously).