Less than a week after we got home from the beach with my family, we left for vacay with James's family. Us, James's sister's fam, and his mom and dad met James's aunt and uncle and their two daughters (and their families) in Arkansas for a little reunion. James's Aunt, Uncle and cousins live in Mississippi and Tennessee, so Arkansas was a good middle ground for us.
Once again, I worked the morning we left, so James was alone to finish packing and load the car. Grey did pretty well on the ride over, but not as good as he did on the drive to the beach (which is longer!). I think that loooong drive was just too recent in his memory for him to tolerate another one;)
The bigs were excited to hit the road for more cousin time!
We stayed in a condo with James's parents and the Thayers (his sister's family), while the rest of his family stayed in another condo right next to ours. There was a bunk room with six bunks that the kids had fun sleeping in...
The first full day there, we headed to the lake. Here's what Grey thinks of lake water...
But here's how he felt about not having to get in the lake...
As David, James's cousin (in law? do you even use the "in law" in reference to cousins?) said, the sensible people sat in the shade while the others swam. I am definitely a sensible person when it comes to outdoorsy swimming in non-chlorinated water:)
But I am so thankful to have a husband that will brave it for the sake of our kids!
These two are ready for Kindergarten in a few weeks!!
There were 3 girls and 6 boys, so these three spent much of the weekend together...
James's cousin, Maggie and her two kiddos, Jenna and Jonathan...
All the kiddos except for the two babies...
Here's those girls again!
Our sweet babies, Noah and Grey...
We got some good photos of the whole family. Here are all the kids...
And the 4 that started it all!
Finally, the whole crew...
I found this bean bag chair in the closet, and the kids had fun playing with it all weekend. Grey was having a blast with it one afternoon and for once, I had my camera (most of the other pictures in the post are thanks to my sis in law, Melanie)...
Pure joy!
We also went to feed some fish at the dock...
James's other cousin, Rebecca, feeding Noah at dinner one night...
Poor Charlotte fell on the way back from the pool our last night there. Her eye is terribly bruised. It went from swollen and slightly discolored to black and blue and now it's green and orangey. Here are pics the morning after...
Even with the injury, we had a fun, relaxing weekend. Hopefully it won't be four more years in between meetings next time!
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