Cousins

In June we also spent a few days up in Bellingham with the Wileys and the Shaws. We don't get together all that often but it always makes me wish we lived closer to one another when we do.
We had a professional photographer come out to shoot some photos, mostly for Grandma and Papa since getting ALL the grandkids in one place seems to be rather difficult.

The scene as we were leaving West Seattle for Bellinham... Benjamin with his bottle and Josie with her videos. Benjamin fell asleep by the time we got to UW and Josie was quite content watching videos for the 1.5 hour drive.

Living in the country has its advantages. Drew is made for this kind of living and equally divides his time between the tractor, the golf cart, his chain saw and other busy outdoor work. He took the kids around tractor trailer.

And the golf cart. Both vehicles are owned by an elderly neighbor and in exchange for unlimited use of his vehicles, Drew does his yard work. Good trade for both of them.

Josie and Benjamin feeding the chickens

One day Josie and the bigger kids went bowling while I stayed back with a napping Benjamin. The next day Kim stayed back with Benjamin while the rest of us went to the water slides. Josie had a blast. She started with the smaller slides.







But by the end she was going down the huge, twisty-turny ones with me and her two very helpful older cousins. Unfortunately, no photos of that.

Josie loved hanging out with Drew and Paul and they were both so good to her.

Benjamin, at home.

Playing soccer in the backyard.

Thanks again for hosting, Kim. We all had such a great time.