Last weekend (how was it already a week ago!) we had a visit from our amazing Grown-up Cousin. The baby and toddler cousins make many appearances on this page so it is with delight that we get to see Will and Reina's grown-up cousin Alena. She graduated from college last spring and is headed to the Peace Corps in just a few weeks. We were thrilled that she could squeeze in a trip to see her little cousins before she's heads off to awesome adventures. And thanks to the government shutdown, Uncle Mark made the trip, too! Yah for the government shutdown! (Not really, the whole thing makes the Broncos Baby Mom angry but that's a story for another time. Or a story for never because this is a FAMILY BLOG.)
What did we do with our Grown-up Cousin? What didn't we do? We shopped, we jogged, we watched tv, we ate and ate and ate and ate. She and Uncle Mark even helped babysit the little cousins so that we could celebrate Uncle Matt's birthday at a grown-up establishment. Some of us showed Alena our prowess with video games. Some of us choreographed complicated dance duets and had our hair braided. Some of us thought about kidnapping her and keeping her in Wyoming - there's Peace Corps stuff to do here but didn't ultimately carry out a plan. All of us had a great time and made some memories.
We didn't take enough pictures and the visit was too short but everyone had to get back to work and school and international travel. We are so glad that she came out to see us. What a great start to 2019.
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| Trying to get cousin pictures and the dogs couldn't stop getting in everybody's business. |
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| Will micro-managing the picture and hey that's Coco. |
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| Awwww... a little blurry but awwww. |
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| Reina and her fabulous braid and I snuck away to see The Sound of Music. I bought the tickets months ago and almost forgot about it. It was a great performance and all week Reina and I have been listening to different songs. Her favorite? Doe a Deer. Mine? Climb Every Mountain. |
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