Lots and lots of cousins!

The cousins have been here quite a bit this summer and we've packed lots of fun into their visits!

Wacky Bounce

Gilbert House

Splash! Wave Pool

the zoo

 We also gained two NEW cousins this summer!

Levi

Rosie

 

All the cousins on dad's side

Silas turns 1/20th of a century!

So I'm thinking in terms of centuries because a certain person in our family turned half a century last month. :) Or, as Silas puts it, "I'm actually 5, but you just have 5 in your age, Papa."

We had several celebrations, but the big hoopla was a party at a train park, where the kids got to ride around on a model scale train. We had pizza (one of Silas's favorite foods) and cake & ice cream, and Silas was pretty elated to have a bunch of his friends there.

Getting to conduct his birthday train!

 Thanks to everyone who came and made it such a memorable event for Silas!

Family adventure - Part 2

On the last day of our family adventure to Tennessee, Aunt Wendy got married! First off, we'll give you Titus' perspective:

Some of the wedding guests

It's Grandma!

The boys' birds-eye view

It was all very exciting having so many people coming over... the boys greeted everyone at the door by saying loudly, "Welcome to the wedding!"

They're married!

Aunt Wendy and her handsome boys

All dad's girls are married now!

New family picture

Sisters

Family adventure - Part 1

For some reason the further I get behind with blogging, the less motivated I get to do it... but I decided that this week it's time to catch up!

Going back to May... we took a family adventure to Tennessee. The boys had not been on a plane in about two and a half years so neither of them remembered it... so this flight was much anticipated!

We ate at the infamous Cracker Barrel!

Visited an amusement park....

(riding the tram)

And the boys went on a 3.5 mile hike!

We spent five days in the Great Smoky Mountains, enjoying the scenery and lovely weather from a 5-bedroom, 6-bathroom cabin that we shared with Grandma & Papa, Aunt Rebekah & Uncle Nathanael, and Aunt Wendy and soon-to-be-uncle Ryan. More on that next :)