Cousins all year long!

I came across pictures of the cousins having all kinds of fun together in many different places, so I thought I'd post a few or quite a few! See if you can tell who's who and where they are!

Working hard and finishing strong!

along the road and on the road!

Road trip!

We did it! We drove our new car from North Caroline all the way home, travelling through or at least touching 11 states! We took the back roads almost all the way until we got to Utah, then it was the interstate clear to Ogden and beyond!

Jeannette and I spent some time exploring places she had visited while living in N.C. nearly 10 years ago! The old tabacco barns are still an adventure! Ask Net what she brought back from this one, or should I say, we brought back in the car, she would have never gotten it on the plane!

Cigars from J.R.! They let you try them out right there in their quiet, relaxing room!

Not everyday was sunny,but everyday was full of surprises!

7 grandkids cont.

This is what the boys did after dinner, pillow fights! Of course Jack couldn't play till the table was cleared and the chairs all pushed in, you have to have a least one of those to make sure everything stays in a row! Must be "rabbit" showing up!

The girls headed upstairs to play house, Sara and Brooklyn were the babies, of course you can get them to agree to almost any role if it means playing with the big girls. No apparent "rabbits" in this crew tonight, happy, happy, right in the middle of a huge mess. Tiggers and piglets everywhere!

They think they are out growing Kipper, but we like the mellow fellow and he holds their attention in a nice peaceful mood. This visit was too short; next time we will play longer, have more snacks, get out the pj's and watch a nice long movie, because we love our "seven grandkids" adventures!

watching the moose!

For a few days now, a rather large moose has made it's home in the cemetery next door to our cabin. It made for great viewing and conversation among the seven grandkids that had all come over for what we formally call "7 grandkids night".

Notice the white fields, it's lovely, but it is March 7th after all!

Still watching the moose! This is one of our favorite times with the seven, they can all carry on quite the conversations with us and with each other. Everyone gets a chance to talk even if we have to resort to hands up, wait till it's your turn, then you can talk too.

busy, busy!

The running shoes are on the bench! I ran too hard, too fast, and too long! Growing older is full of surprises! I am going to try again this spring and take it slower and enjoy it just the same!

This is why we love to go to the Wallowa Mts! And why we stayed an extra night!

The first Valentine's party for the kindergartners, and it was delightful! They are so adorable opening all their "mail" and shouting out "thank yous" to everyone. It is one of my favorite classroom party!

Doing math with candy hearts. At this age they don"t even bother to read the words on the hearts, and they all know how to read! They just want to know if they guessed right; were there mostly purple hearts, or green?

Cousins, what a treat!

Kayte and Brooklyn came to play today! They had so much fun together I may have to give this combination another go around!

Honestly, there is just no substitute for a cousin!