Quick Cousin Visit

Our travels took us through 3 states, 1699.2 miles in 5 days.  Yes, we were in the van ALOT!  But it was worth it!  We enjoyed the beauty of NC as well as...

 ...and...

 Oh yeh, we love to see this sign!

And a trip to TN must include some cousin (on Mom's side of the family) time.

 "Oh, Uncle Brent!  You are SO funny!"

 The girls enjoying some racetrack time while the boys...

 enjoy a racetrack of a different kind.

 Sweet cousins.

 These boys celebrate their birthday one day apart.  So Cousin E waited until he saw B to give him his gift.

 Dad bonding with the boys.

 And Cousins M and EK decided to give H her birthday gift a few days early.

 We arrived at dinner time on Sunday.  Monday morning Dad told the kids that we would wait until after lunch to leave.  Happy smiles from one and all!  But they can always find "one more thing" to do when it's time to leave.

"Shhhh!  Don't tell Mom where we are and we'll go home with you!"  Silly Cousins E and EK!!

 "Now you email me and I'll email you.  And you write to me and I'll write to you."  These two have such good times together.  This visit just wasn't long enough to do any crafty projects.  Next time, we'll have to plan better.

It's so hard to say "good-bye". 

I just wish I had a clear photo of Cousin E running down the sidewalk waving to us.  He's such a boy!

We love you Uncle S (who avoided all the photos and had to work Monday), Aunt H, M, E, EK and A!!!!

Let's see...there were 2 grandparents, 3 uncles, 2 aunts, 6 cousins, and lots of friends.  It was a long trip for a short amount of time but we had SO MUCH FUN!!!!  And we got home 8 minutes before mid-night so the kids were awake when "the day changed" so that thrilled our little ones.  "We've never been awake so late!"  It's the little things in life.