cousins reunited in yarnell. tear drop, movies, and shucking corn.

thursday, july 29, 2010. after maaa... and levi went down to watch espen yesterday, he came back with them to wickenburg. the kiddos chose to stay the night there, so maaa... brought them to yarnell this morning.

seriously? LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER. when maaa... brought the boys over this morning and i noticed she and i had the same exact pants on and we both chose to wear a turquoise shirt. too crazy. she's so cute!!!

abraham hadn't seen espen in over a month. i wasn't sure how they were all going to get along after not seeing each other so long, but they did ok. the bigger boys kind of ignored abey a bit, but when levi was off doing his own thing, which doesn't happen very often, espen and abe would toot around together.

the kiddos watching a movie.

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joshua bought us sweet corn. the boys tried to use tools to shuck it.

grandpa showing espen how to shuck.

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espen and his uncle.

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abraham found g'pa's glasses.

all done cookin'.

buttering.

i wanted to get a pic of the boys watching a movie before bed. espen closed his eyes because he said sometimes the flash hurts his eyes.

then for some reason abraham started covering his ears and levi had his hand near his mouth...

...so i had the boys do "speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil."

baby news, merry-go-round, glasses, aunt denise, g'ma erm, uncle rex, fabulous din din, and lawn mower rides.

wednesday, july 21, 2010. another fun day at the lake.

aunt mic and uncle ralph getting the news of their newest grandbaby. a boy named joah benjamin. i blogged a little more about this special event seperately.

i took the boys on a wagon ride to the little play area a couple houses away.

i always loved merry-go-rounds as a kid. they don't make them anymore. not sure if they were unsafe or what?

swinging. can't beat the setting looking out at the water.

spinning. getting ready to try and tag me.

just after a tag.

just spinning.

abraham wanted to push...

so levi wanted to too.

grandma micky showing us picks of her newest grandson, joah. she's saying his name here and making goo goo ga ga sounds. isn't he handsome!

levi collecting wood for his "campsite." abe pouting in the background saying...

"i want miiiiic. i want micki."

just liked the muted earth tones here.

abraham spraying the hose and making a rainbow. (to the right of him.)

water play.

beating the heat. it's been pretty hot and humid here today.

joshua got these from the plumber in town! ha.

a fish next to the bucket.

abraham found aunt mic's glasses.

i told him he looked like santa claus.

here he's saying ho ho ho, but he looks like an old man.

yay! aunt denise came over to see pics of the new baby. we also looked at old photo albums of the lake house's transformation. oldies, but goodies. there are some old pics of joshua and levi looks just like him!

golden sleeper boy.

joshua's picture perfect presentation.

putting the finishing touches on the caprese salad.

g'ma erm came by to look at the pictures too.

mmm mmm garlic bread.

uncle rex came by to see the pics too and stayed for dinner. great group shot!

aunt mic took the boys on a lawn mower ride, at levi's request.

she's sooooooooo good with our kiddos! it was a great day. we ended it by going on a boat ride. i'm blogging it separate. there were some serious shenanigan's going on. it too was soooooo much fun.