Still more cousin photos....

This should be the last of the cousin photos....and they are some of my favorites. The thing that I hate most about my sisters living so far away is that my kids miss out on lots of cousin time. I have some great memories of get togethers with my cousins when I was growing up and I know Jacob and Jenna will have great memories of their cousin time - I just wish it could be more frequent. While we were at Mom and Dad's we just let the kids spend lots of time playing and having fun together...and they loved every minute of it.

We had to take Brenda and Jill to the cupcake store in Hudson. I think it's pretty clear that everyone loved their treats!!

Luke, Jenna and Carsyn....

Mia with her "pink one"....Brenda and Payton....

Payton with her sprinkles....

Carsyn with a "chotlit" mouth....Jenna with sprinkles....I love these next two photos of Mia. I think I could have sat in front of the cupcake store with her all day and snapped photos.

The rest of the photos are just the kids hanging out in Mom and Dad's backyard and making memories together.

Playing in Uncle Chris' truck...

Wagon rides...

Picking veggies in Grandpa's garden....

Picking up apples under the tree...

And climbing trees...

15....

Happy 15th anniversary to us! We are headed to NYC for a few days to celebrate. I can't wait to get away, explore the city, and spend some time together. We splurged and bought tickets for West Side Story on Broadway. I can't wait to see it - it's definitely one of my favorite musicals!

photo taken by Jacob at the beach

Beach Day

While my sisters were here we had a family day at my aunt and uncle's house on Lake Erie. The kids (and adults) always love to visit their house because they literally have a beach in their backyard. We spent the day at the beach just lounging, visiting, and watching the kids play and later had a cookout. THANKS Sudsy and Nancy for letting all of us invade your house and your beach. We had a fabulous time!!


Mia....heading for the beach....
Chris (who will probably not be too happy that I put this photo on here!)...

The only photo I have of Jacob from the whole day....he had a baseball tournament so he and Chris had to leave pretty early....Grandpa and Payton.....Miss Kinley (my cousin's daughter)....Jenna and Rylee (my cousin's daughter)...Luke and his "creation"...Jenna....Kinley sporting a baby mohawk (courtesy of Brenda)....Little Miss Mia....this photo makes me really miss her and her funny little personality!
Jenna and Luke....
Mia....Luke and Carsyn...Rylee writing her name in the sand....The whole gang....Carsyn and Rylee....Grandpa and Mia....Great Grandma Davis with almost all of her great grandchildren (we were missing 3!)...

More cousin fun.....

As promised, more photos from Brenda and Jill's Ohio visit. These were from Friday, when we took a trip to visit Grandma L.

Eating lunch on Great Grandma's porch....

We took some time to do some 4 generation photos before we left...

Just some of Grandma's 18 great grandchildren (if I counted right!)....

LOVE this photo of Mia - it's just so her with her shoes on the wrong feet and her cute little toes...

Cousins!

We were so excited to have Brenda, Carsyn, Payton, Jill, Luke and Mia come visit Ohio for almost 2 weeks. Their first stop was our house for a few days. We had decided we didn't want to plan a lot of outings or activities - we just wanted to relax and let the kids play while we got the chance to visit and catch up. Of course I managed to take tons and tons of photos during their visit. I just can't resist shooting photos of them when we're together! So...be prepared for photo overload on the next few blog posts.

The first day we went to the park so the kids could run and play.

Jenna and Payton... Luke...

Miss Mia...

Luke, Carsyn, and Jenna...

All 6 of the kids swinging at the park. The only "Davis" grandchild missing is Marcus - he didn't make the trip to Ohio this time....

After Uncle Chris had pushed them on the swings and introduced them to "underdoggies", he decided it was time for them to push him!

Day 2 - swimming in our neighbor's pool....

Luke doing a cannonball (LOVE this photo!)...

Carsyn....

Mia...

Payton - being extra safe with arm floaties AND an inner tube!

Mia (with Jacob's goggles)....

Jenna learning to dive...

Carsyn, Luke, Jenna, Jacob, and Payton....

Later....a campfire at the Koontz's ....

Jacob (or "Jatob" as she called him) and Mia...

S'mores (or at least our version of them -fudge stripe cookies with marshmallows - YUMMY!!)

Jill and Luke roasting their marshmallows...