Cousins

Eli and Jude's cousins came for a visit....all the way from Colorado!!  Of course, Aunt Theresa and Uncle Ricky came too, and while Mom and Dad loved visiting with them, the cousins had a really fun time together.  It was a joy to finally get to meet and cuddle sweet baby, Davis. He's a doll!  We spent some time in town with them, but if they are gonna come all this way, they wanted to get down to the beach for as much of the visit as possible.  And who can blame therm?

So Friday, after school for E and work for Daddy, we hit the road to join them at the coast. Asher was already asleep but had been told that Eli would be in the bed next to him when he woke up. And he was! The two were up and reading to each other at the crack of dawn. They quickly found all kinds of fun and trouble to get into. Jude was the tag-a-long; always trying to get in on the action when he could. Lots of fun cousin bonding, for sure.

The super duper hot months have passed, but it is still quite warm. Perfect beach weather!!  The water was nice, the seaweed from the storm was almost all gone, and the skies were as blue as could be. Picture perfect!

Rest time was a nice down time for everyone. Davis, the littlest and newest cousin, spent much of his time sleeping on anyone and everyone. Simply precious!

Eli was smitten with the baby, once again. The boy really does love babies.

Hard to believe that we practically had to push the boys outside again in the afternoon. Eli and Asher were so into their games and cars, they almost forgot about playing on the beach. We finally got the boys suited and lotioned up again. It was time to run off some energy before dinner, bath, and bed time. 

Day 2 was just as full of fun and trouble as Day 1. It kicked off with a tasty pancake breakfast that left all of the boys with full tummies, and big smiles. Everyone took it easy and lazed around in jammies for a while. Eli made time to play with "Doll Baby" Davis. And then it was on to some incredible fort building fun before they were ready to hit the beach.

Another gorgeous day! The boys decided to try out the boogie boards despite little waves. Once they realized they weren't going to ride many waves, they moved on to picnic lunches and cornhole before a northern wind brought some awful biting flies that chased us off of the beach...just in time to rinse off for naps. 

Now that is a cute set of tushies! 

These three boys played so hard and so well together. They truly enjoyed each other's company.

Then it was back to town to for a once last meal all together before the Lotspeiches were homeward bound the following day. In an attempt to get a picture of all four cousins, we had the older three ham it up while waiting on Davis. 

Silly faces! Where are your belly buttons?

Cheese!

What an adorable group of cousins!  (Already getting excited about the next group shot with *five* boys!) And of course, we had to try to take a quick sister pic too....too bad Theresa and I didn't manage to change out of our beach attire yet. 

Such a great visit with the Lostpeich crew. Jude and I did squeeze in a little more time with them. After walking Eli to school, we headed over to hang out and play with Asher and Davis while Aunt Theresa and Uncle Ricky packed the suitcases to head back to Colorado.

So glad we got some extra play time and snuggle time in. Thank you for coming and for playing with us. We miss you all so much already and can't wait for the next visit.