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The kids in their assigned yellow tees for Cousins Day

Here is our “Cousins Day” weekend trip to NC in the form of our own TOP 10…in no certain order.

1. Spending time with Donna’s mom and dad…and watching Ethan wipe out on his Heelies in their driveway. Ethan says thanks for the first aid.

We know how this turned out…

2. A fantastic “triple-date” with Tony, Dee Dee, John, and Kim. A wonderful dinner with a movie on each side! (go see the Bourne Ultimatum…it’s gooood)

3. Speaking of our dinner…Drinking a yummy “Blue Violet” and watching Randy eat his “Tuna Poke”. This was NOT McDonalds.

4. Cousins Day. 16 kids. Ages 2 to 16. 3 adults, 1 house, 24 hours. Nana and Paw Paw, have you recovered yet?

Hugging cousins

5. Randy beats his brother Tony in basketball…again. Randy’s punishment? Five minutes in the dreaded wet sauna!

6. Getting lost while hiking and exploring at Kim and John’s new house. Once we found our way out, we checked out the backyard. Most of you won’t get that one ;)

7. Seeing my sweet grandmom, who still seems as young as she did when I spent nights with her as a child.

4 Generations…Grandmom, Dad, Me, kiddos

8. Finding out that Randy’s Uncle Terry’s TERMINAL cancer is…gone. Really gone. Praise God!

9. Hanging out with Randy’s Mom at her house and at the mall (you should see my cute new belt…). Ann, your new furniture and house look great!!

10. Having an amazing Sunday morning, re-connecting with our great friends at Grace Church.

**11. I know, it’s only supposed to be 10. But, we came home to a VERY stinky house. We finally realized that a breaker had flipped, turning off the freezer in our garage. We had meat in there…and fish. Not the welcome home I wanted! But, we now have a very empty and clean freezer. Now, to get rid of the smell…

Kelly B, from my Ladybug Believers yahoo group, handmade this gorgeous bib for Lainey! I can’t wait to see it on her…or, is it too pretty to use??

Look at the adorable clothes! My “no-longer-secret” pal, Joanna sent these in her last package to us (our year of secret pal goodies is up!). She also sent candy and presents for the kids, chocolate for me, and pistachios and cashews for Randy. The girls love their initial bracelets and the boys love the stretchy-thing toys (lol). Thank you!!!