'Cousin' fun!

My cousin Casey, his wife Alicia, and their daughter Ellen came and visited us yesterday on their way back home from vacation. We had a perfect day on the lake. The weather was beautiful and the kids had fun playing and swimming!!

Blake will be 3 in December, Ellen will be 2 in December, and Olivia will be 1 in December. It is CRAZY the difference a year makes at that age! Blake and Ellen had fun and did really good playing and interacting with each other, seeing that they rarely see one another!

--these pictures uploaded HUGE and are 1/2 cut off....I will try to fix them later!!

Blake and nana having fun swimming!

Casey and Ellen



Blake has become very brave in the water! The swimming lessons paid off this year!!







We tried to get a goot pic of Blake and Ellen....pretty hard at this stage!







Looking at the fishies!


Blake and daddy!

Ellen checking them out from the boat!







Livi was a good girl and just hungout in her stroller!

Ellen loved the juice boxes!!









Playing at the picnic table!

Feeding the ducks!!

Blake and nana feeding the ducks!!

These two SURE do love each other!!

The County Fair

We went to the fair a couple of weeks back, but I haven't getten around to posting the pictures. Our county fair is pretty weak, but Blake got a kick out of it, so it was worth it.

Here are the kids in one of the barns...

Livi liked just looking at everything....
I THOUGHT that Blake was having a good time....but judging by this picture, I am not so sure.

He loved the bunnies. The 4-H girls got theirs out so he coudl pet them.

And the goats. Every bard that we went on he would say..."I want a goooooooooat" or " I want a bunnyyyyyyyyy" or I want a "cooooooow".....when we got the the pig barn he said "I dont want a pig mama....they stinky"...haha!

My loves...

I THOUGHT that we might be able to get out without riding the rides...but that didnt work...so we ended up letting Blake ride.

Crazy driver!!

The slide was his favorite. I must admit that my legs were sore from carrying him up ALL of those stairs numerous times!!

Taking this ride very seriously!

This is what Livi thought about the rides! LOL

He wanted to ride backwards in the rocket ships...what a little dare devil!!

He got a big kick out of this bounce house too...and it wasnt the easiest thing to get him out of! ha

until next summer......