The Cousins Arrived and the Fun Began...

The weather was quite warm for the time of year and so we had a fire while the kids waited for the hot tub to  heat up

Merideth, Bella and Makenna enjoying some s'mores

Blake as Indiana Jones...He had lots of fun with this torch and several after it.

Merideth got in the hot tub and yelled out.."This is the life Mom!"

Ben and Blake are buddies that find all kinds of fun when they are together

Some of our friends joined us for the hot tub

Laurel and Bill....friends for over 28 years and family for 21.

Laurel and I are more like sisters...one of our dreams came true when we had children that are close to the same age! We love watching them hang out together just like we did when we were kids.

The weather was so nice the kids even jumped into the pool!

Merideth loves the chance to be in the water again...she is a total fish all year long.

Laurel and the kids arrived in the afternoon on Weds before Thanksgiving.  We barely had their car unloaded and the kids were off playing together making memories.  Bill and I loved having a few days to visit with Laurel.