Cousin's Visit

We had the extreme pleasure of having two of our nieces and one of our nephews (Trudy and Dennis' 3 children) come visit us this summer. They each came for about 10 days. Each of their visits were as different as the each of them. We hope that this is a tradition we can continue...and that our other nieces and nephews will come to visit soon!


Josie (7) came and stayed with us from July 3rd - 13th

It was Josie's birthday the first night she was here. We had a Hannah Montana birthday party and a Cookies and Cream ice cream cake from Stone Cold Creamery. Josie's parents found it quite funny that Emery's vocabulary had two extra words after his time with Josie...Hannah and Montana. Hill also got to hear much about this Pop Star in disguise and was amazed to learn that Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana were actually the same person!



Josie loved hiking and asked to go for walks every day. Here she is after a hike to Fish Creek Falls.


Josie was able to read lots of Emery's books. They had alot of fun lying in bed before his naptime reading books together. Josie was such a big help.

Lauren (4) stayed with us from July 10th - 20th

Hill took Lauren and Emery fishing every night while she was here. Although they never caught a fish, they had alot of fun trying. The pond where they went was next to the train tracks so they put lots of pennies on the tracks. Lauren loved to search for the flat pieces of copper the next day.

Lauren LOVED her Uncle Hill's motorcycle. She wanted to ride it more than anything. When we dropped her back with her parents, the first thing she said to her daddy was "I'm going to save my birthday money and buy a motorcycle!"

Lauren loved to play in the water with Emery. One afternoon they decided they needed their goggles on. She and Emery were the best of buds.


Austin (9) was here from July 30th - August 9th

Emery wanted to be everywhere that Austin was. He really looked up to him the whole time he was here. Austin was very patient with Emery...even if it meant having him sit in his lap while he tried to eat!


We took a trip out to Cheryl's farm while Austin was here. Here he is with Blossom the miniature donkey.


Austin was a big help in the kitchen! Every day he picked the menu for the evening and helped me prep the ingredients while Emery was napping. This is a picture of him from his last night in Steamboat. We made chocolate molten lava cake...his absolute favorite!