Last weekend, my brother and his family came for a quick visit. They live overseas, so we don't get to see them often, about every other year. They'll be moving back to the states next year, so we are looking forward to seeing them more frequently. The last time that we had seen my nieces and sister-in-law was the week before Charlie was born, almost 2 years ago.
When we first greeted everyone at my parents house, Coulson was very shy and secretly confided to me that he didn't remember them. It didn't last long and by the end of their visit, he was lamenting and wishing that their daddy could work where his daddy worked so they could play together all the time.
(Bear with me on this - I try to respect my family and friends' privacy on my blog by not using their names, but I have 3 brothers, so just refering to them as "brother" can get confusing. So brother #3 was visiting, brother #2 lives nearby and his 2 kids are included in all the cousin excitement happening, brother #1 doesn't live nearby so his family wasn't able to be part of the cousin fun this past weekend.)
We had everyone to our new home one night for dinner and it was a lot of fun to host a big crowd (and not have to cram our guests into 2 small rooms like our old house). To Casey's credit, everyone had fun playing the Wii. We were like those happy families in the commercials, laughing and interacting while playing video games together. And it's especially fun because my parents can play alongside the grandkids and everyone has fun. Sure the four-year-olds can beat grandma in bowling, but it's a pretty close game and they all have a great time. You can't say that about most video games.
We took over 30 pictures trying to get a good group shot of all the cousins, thinking that we were bound to get at least one picture that would turn out good. Here are the best ones:
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