July 21, 2009

Cousins Week 2009

Every year for the past 7 years my mom has done cousins week. She chooses a theme and does a full week of activities around the theme. It started with 6 cousins and it has grown to 14. This years theme was "Around the World." She painted a huge plane and every couple of days we would board the plane and go to a different country and learn about the various places. We went to Japan, France and Hawaii. It was a blast and all the cousins had such a great time. Thanks mom you are the best!
Grammy with the 5 new grand babies under the age of two! Reese 23 months, Greysen 12 months, Jada 8 months, Presley 11 months and Gavin 22 months. Next year they will have even more fun playing with each other.
8 of the 14 cousins holding one of the snakes that the Reptile Family brought on the last day.
Ashley and Rylee as Sumo wrestlers on the day we "visited Japan" The background is the huge plane that my mom painted by hand. It is hard to see with the poor lighting but it was so amazing in person.
Greysen sitting on a tortoise.
Greysen and me on our visit in Hawaii.
Here is Greysen at the beach wearing his sand beard.
Greysen playing with his aunt Becky.
Greysen loves the beach and can't get enough of the sand and water. I wish we lived near a beach because it entertains him for more than a hour. It is the world's largest free sandbox. Maybe someday.

2 comments:

Rachel said...

i love that your mom does cousins week! so fun!! miss you!

Anonymous said...

Everyone here at the office thinks your mom must be a super mom. I really think that Cousin's Week is a great idea but your mom goes above and beyond by all the theme linked ideas. Greysen is starting to look so grown up! Can;t wait to see you in 3 weeks.