Sisters and Cousins.....and PINTEREST

A blessing all too often taken for granted is a sister AND cousins!  We had the privelege of spending lots of quality time with my dear sister and her 3 boys on two seperate occasions (back to back weeks) in March.  I'm so thankful that God has blessed me with an amazing sister who loves and cares so much about my family and me; along with 3 awesome little boys who have melted our families heart and created so many precious memories for our children.  We had an absolute blast having them stay with us and hope the next visit entails Jeff, as well (and Evan hopes a finished basement, but I say they better come before that happens!)!  I'm not quite sure how Kim and I managed to keep functioning as we ran and played hard while they were here both times, but we spent lots of time playing, and lots of time as sisters catching up while the kids napped or played.  Our play time of course included lots of Pinterest activities which you'll see pictured below.

One of the Pinterest activities included shaving cream painting in the shower.  The kids had an absolute blast, but I learned a good lesson....put a limit on the amount of shaving cream of they'll be too tired to clean it up and you'll spend time scrubbing down the shower yourself.....kind of exhausting.

Another adventure was home made finger painting!  I don't have a lot of pictures of this as they got a little wild and needy and didn't have enough free hands.

The before picture.

...and a shortly after they started photo.

We spent a day out at the farm, running around, feeding the calves with Papa, tractor rides with Papa, and of course Denver had to have some snuggle time with Baby Malachi.  He absolutely adores him!

This was from the next week visit and I caught Makenna attempting to change Caleb's poopy diaper!  I kind of had to laugh to myself as there's a similar story about myself....ahhhh it can be difficult to see yourself in your child some times!

Not many pictures were taken this visit and it was spent a little more low key just enjoying each other's company.  The last day they stayed at our house we had a picnic out on the deck. 

LOVE this picture of Caleb, his full plate, and his cute face....AND look at Caleb and Denver, couldn't they pass as brothers? :)

Thank you God for blessing me with such a wonderful, loving, caring, and ambitious sister, and THREE absolutely adorable, and precious nephews.  Thank you for the relationships we have, and how you will bless us as they continue to grow!