Nelson cousins

We were so lucky in May to have almost all the Nelson cousins come visit.  (we missed you Sarah and Alora) My kids love their cousins and it has been torture having them live so far away!!  We tried to soak up as much as we can, but we definitely need to plan a cross country road trip soon

Becca and Emma were practically inseparable!

Hannah and Kaitlyn playing with stickers!

 

 

Jared was so excited that Parker got to sleep in his room!

 

 

 

Becca and Paige making their hair beautiful!

We got to celebrate KK’s bday while they were here.  And I am so grateful for the time I got to soak up with my sis!  It has been super hard for me having her so far.

Zach is an awesome big brother (and oldest cousin)!

 

 

diet coke and potato chips: isn’t that your usual after shopping snack?

Apparently we were playing way too much b/c these are the only pics I got.  Or it could be that we were moving right in the middle of all this sigh…I miss them all already   I’m really not a fan of this spread across the country crap!  Everyone come home! waaaaaaaaaah

Mommy/Son date Beauty and the Beast

Jared and I got to go on a date to see the high school’s production of Beauty and the Beast last month. 

It was awesome!!!  Of course I could be a little biased because my amazing nieces were in it

It was great to hang with Jared.  It always is! Unfortunately by blogging about it a month later I don’t have any great book of Jared moments to share, but I’m sure there were many.  He wanted to sit in the front row- and had to get all the characters autographs at the end.  He may still be a little young for a play, because he kept asking if it was over and was convinced he would die if we didn’t get to eat lunch soon

#78 3-legged basketball

SO, for FHE last week we called the family and invited them to play 3-legged bball at the church.  Kory was afraid to get beat by me, so he chickened out ;)  But Kelly's family came and so did Greg and Carly (and they are practically family)

I didn't realize people didn't know what 3-legged basketball is but for the sake of my Canadian sis let me 'splain:  You get a partner, tie 2 of your legs together, and play basketball :)  Simple?  Hilarious! We started out using rope- but thankfully Kris had the foresight to bring bandannas. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The teams ended up pretty well matched   Once everyone got the hang of it- it kinda worked! lol

Then Lauren got a phone call and I totally wiped out running backwards (still tied to hubby- not the best idea) so we switched it up and tried blindfold basketball- which Kris came up with.  One member of your team is blindfolded and is the only one who can score.  I should have got a few of the shots on video.  The boys would spend so much time lining up whoever is blindfolded so that they could make the shot, but I think only 1 actually made it in.  It was really funny!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those Burgess’s are pretty athletic!  Here are just a few action shots (after we abandoned the bandannas all together lol):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was such a great night- memories made and so much fun had!  I love my family!

And I just wanted to say how thankful I am that Greg and Carly are here- even if it is just for a bit. Because these 2 are so cute together:

hee hee!  THESE 2 are pretty cute together, too:

                             

Actually there was just an insane amount of cuteness going on!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And celebrated our super athleticism with popcicles.  It was so much fun!  I really am thankful to be part of such an awesome family, who are up for just about any crazy idea I throw at them :)

             

and just one more to prove I was actually there even if behind the camera most of the night lol

#36 pool party #15 BBQ

So, 104 things of summer has been keeping us busy! The first day after I posted the list we got to mark 2 off of our list. The kids called up some friends and we had a pool party. We happened to grill hot dogs for lunch and Hannah said we should cross of BBQ, too. With 104 things to do, she didn't have to tell me twice :) 2 down 102 to go lol Here are some pics: Becca Boo is awesome with her floaties Cannot believe how big he is getting! Jared and his buddy Josh Logan brought his cousin, Michael Hannah and Sophee I told Michael not to get my camera wet! This is me pouring ice water on him- hopefully it will help him remember ;) I'm a huge fan of this picture :) Hannah and sweet Bella these 2 crack me up! I hope they will stay friends forever!