cousin craziness

This past weekend the kids experienced once again the fun and excitement cousins bring to any gathering....

Matt's dad, Luther, and his three siblings, plus their spouses, children and grandchildren (minus just a few) joined together for lots of family fun.  My kiddos were in cousin heaven (actually, second cousin heaven, since most in their generation are the children of Matt's cousins). 

Grandma Ruth presided as QUEEN of the whole party, and over a game of Sorry! began to instruct Julianna about the particulars of the competitive spirit that reigns in this family :)

I took this photo of the 'boys table' at one meal - Isaac is a bit too small to join the chaos this time around, but he sure loved watching these big boys play.  He also enjoyed a lot of TLC from his bigger cousins, especially Brenna and Nicole who loved him from head to toe the entire weekend (and gave me lots of opportunity to sit and visit, since I wasn't concerned with keeping up with my little man).

We ate s'mores

drank root beer

cuddled

and posed for photos

The family reunion is over, but this week holds lots of excitement - Julianna starts swimming lessons and both girls begin Wednesday night church activities (AWANA) this week.  I am so glad to have some routine to our days and structure to our week.