Cousin Playdate

Our girls...
along with Jas and I,
find ourselves so Blessed to live so close to family.
My parents are 8 minutes away
{6-if we make the light},
my Uncle Red is just 2 minutes as a crow flies,
and two of my cousins are within 10-minutes.
Sounds fine and dandy...
But we all know that life gets busy
and unless specific plans are made and it's 'put on the calendar'...
that days, weeks and sometimes months go by quick and without warning
{or getting together}.

That's why my Cousin Todd's wife, C and I began
{Cousin Playdates}.
Now, I think that technically our kiddo's are 2nd cousins...
but that's just too darn confusing...
so as far as we are concerned...
they're all just cousins.

We meet the first Wednesday of each month...
unless something major comes up...
and we rotate whose home we meet at.
If it's at our home,
they bring dinner and
if it's at theirs...
we bring dinner.

Although lately, we have been taking major advantage of the summer months
{notice I didn't say sunshine},
and we have begun meeting at
'the river property.'
It's about 10 minutes away...
8+ open acres and right on a local river.
AWWW!!!
{PARADISE}
...and not much clean-up.

We just turn them loose and watch them run.
They have a great time!
{and are super tired by the time that it's time to go home}

After a little while...
and a few thousand laps...
they are tired and ready to go throw rocks in the river.

Does it get more traditional than a boy and his dad throwing rocks...

{love his red hair}

Of course...
you can't just throw rocks...
you gotta skip rocks.

{the search is on}

{"DAD...will these work?"}

Had's decided that it is more fun to find sticks to throw for our
Golden, than to skip rocks.
She would be great on a camping trip...
...gathering up firewood.

This is 'little man, L'
{again...love the red hair}!

Oh, my A!!!
I can't believe she starts 1st grade in the fall!!!

Little 'L' in search of skipping rocks of his own...
With a big brother...
sometimes you can't expect them to share...
you just gotta do it yourself...
and with 'the momma'
if she's available.

Our Golden...
'Bird Dog,'
'O,'
'Fat Boy,'
'Ole'
...cooling off in the river before heading home.

'cause after all it's not fun unless mom wakes up to a pile of sand in the kitchen the next morning from his {cooling} off.

We adore our 'Cousin Playdates'
and look forward to them each month...