Fun times with Logan

The kids enjoyed several fun days playing with our cousin Logan during our trip. Elijah is only two weeks older than Logan, and he lives only a few minutes from Nana & Grandpa's house. Both kids really enjoyed going to over to play with Logan and his brothers and sister. Logan also came over a couple of times to play in the pool at Nana's, which was great fun!

Bundled up after swimming - so cute together! (At least until Logan spied the camera!)

Eating dinner together is so much more entertaining!

Colorado trip - fun with cousins

The kids and I went to back to Colorado to visit for 3 weeks in August. We had a great time with Nana & Grandpa and lots of family and friends. My brother John and his family came out from Grand Junction to visit us twice, and Linde and the girls stayed for the whole first week. We really enjoyed spending time with them, and it was great that the cousins had a chance to play together! We also got to spend time with some of my cousins and their kids - Jackie and Jen were visiting Melissa during our trip. You can check out their sites for more pictures and stories of all their visits.

Elijah making a rock collection

Molly and Luke playing soccer


The girls busy with their rock coloring

Lily - rock chalk

Sophie helping Elijah with his rocks

Logan enjoyed his ice cream a little too much!

Nana reading with Elijah and Piper

Elijah and Piper spent a lot of time with the Play-Doh

All the kids loved playing the piano.

Watching train videos with Grandpa

Miss Molly - silly

Playing bubbles with Nana

Little girls playing

Elijah and Piper did such a great job together! Their mammas and grandparents were all surprised and pleased at how well they shared and worked together (most of the time). The little girls mostly played near each other, but they were cute, too. Tallie is just four weeks older than Molly, and it was fun to see how much alike they are, and all the things that they are doing at the same time. Tallie is walking better, and Molly is talking a little more. And of course, Tallie has more hair than Piper and Molly combined! It has been over a year since we had been together with John's family, and this was the first time that the little girls got to meet. We were so glad for lots of time to just be together!

One year

Our blog is one year old! (OK, a year and a couple of weeks. I just noticed!) In honor of our anniversary, here is a little photo retrospective:

February, 2007

Meeting cousin Piper

Playing with cousin Logan (I know, we need new pictures of these boys, but they just won't get together and hold still anymore!)



February 2008

Pictures from last weekend

Here are some pictures from Elijah's weekend, as promised. Check out Melissa's blog for some pictures and a video of Elijah's visit with Logan.

Driving around while "helping" Uncle John load the moving truck

Exploring at Nana & Grandpa's house

Hugs for Nana and Bixby the Bear

Cousins

I think Elijah is very lucky to have so many fun cousins - several who are close to his age! Although we don't get to see most of them all the time, I'm sure that Elijah will enjoy our travelling around the country to visit them. I am blessed to have a great friendship with my cousin Jackie (she's 15 days older than me), and I'm thankful that our parents made such efforts over the years to make sure we got to see each other despite the distance. I am hopeful that we can do the same for Elijah and his cousins! Click to see more pictures of Elijah with his cousin buddies: Piper, Evan and Rylee. Elijah is lucky to get to see his cousin Logan (who is 14 days younger) much more often, and we all enjoy seeing the boys together. (The boys are only starting to care!) Check out some of Melissa's fun pictures and a video of the boys.

Elijah (12 mo.) and Logan (11 1/2 mo.)

More family pics from Saturday

Elijah and Great-Grandma Jennie
Elijah playing with Melissa and Logan
Four generations

Some family time

On Saturday, we went down to Colorado Springs to Uncle Alan & Aunt Gerry's house and spent more time with my grandma and the rest of the family. The little cousins had a great time playing outside in the woods around the house, and the rest of us enjoyed visiting and eating good food.

Elijah had fun with his cousins.

Grandma and Rick.

Logan wants some of that oxygen, too!

Logan and Elijah were loving their great-Uncle Alan.

The boys

Here's a short video of the boys playing.

Visit with Great-Grandma

We are very excited that Elijah's Great-Grandma Jennie is here for a visit. She got to meet three great-grandkids for the first time this trip: Elijah, Logan, and Piper. We have been able to spend a lot of fun time with Grandma, and with aunts and uncles and cousins, for the past few days. What a blessing. Grandma will be here all week, so we are looking forward to more good times as well. Here are a few pictures of our visits so far; more pictures and stories to come ...

Great-Grandma Jennie and baby Piper

Elijah and Logan
Great-Grandma Jennie and Sophie