we were so excited when my cousin jen emailed a couple weeks ago saying they'd be driving through while seeing jeff's family over easter weekend, and they were hoping to see us! we had no plans, and we were really excited to have all the kids play together--we hadn't yet met their youngest, aaron, and we had two boys since the last time we saw them--a lot happens in just a few years! we arranged to spend the afternoon together and have dinner and an egg hunt for the kids. and then things heated up...i got an invitation to a friend's baby shower, and then another funeral thrown into the mix! this makes 9 funerals in the last 2 years, 4 of which have been in the last 5 weeks. i don't know about every other ward, or even every other ward in utah, but in this ward, the relief society caters the meal--set up, food prep (full meal--salad, ham, green beans, potatoes, cake), serving, and clean up. so...that saturday ended up being slightly more busy than we originally thought...
once they arrived, we had the kids do a cute easter craft, and then we decided to just hang out and play in the backyard instead of heading to the duck park. boy did those kids have fun! they found a piece of wood cut in a triangle, and decided it looked like a piece of cake, so a game called "save the cake" ensued...something about the cake, the playhouse, and a dragon. and of course, lots of running and lots of dirt...and some growling. and then in the middle of our picnic, some of the neighborhood kids walked up with a tire, playing "bigger or better". the minute i saw that tire, i immediately thought "a tire swing for the boys! they'd love that!" so i traded an extra-large exercise ball (which is now at my friends house, a couple doors down, ironically!), and the kids then loved having a tire to play with! now all we need for that tire swing is a tree...ha ha.
it was so fun to catch up with cousins!
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Fun you could see Jenny!
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