the wilsons are here!

"the cousins" is a new and beautiful phrase that is spoken with squeals of delight in our home. Every day Luke and Lucy (especially Lucy) wake up wanting to play with "the cousins".  Said cousins are four adorable, endearing little girls who just happen to live a few blocks away!!  The Wilsons - Joey's little sister and fam - just moved into our very same neighborhood and let me just tell you that it is truly magical.   There really is something special about family - it's true what they say I guess.  The slow Sunday evenings, just relaxing and talking and kids eating ice cream cones and playing.  It's the life.

Ok so this video may be totally boring to you but I want to try to remember how cute it was to me watching my kids bond with their "new" cousins.   So the first part of this video is just a Sunday evening - hanging out in our backyard.  They are pretending it's Lucy's birthday, Olivia makes her a sand cake and helps her eat it and Jane makes her a birthday bed to sleep in.  Parts I love:  Olivia's whispered birthday wish (can't hear it but I love that she does it), Malan announcing Caleb's disc golf putts and docking him points (oh, and her giving up her chair to Luke without saying a word), Jane (spunky darling Jane) directing who gets to sleep in what birthday bed and Luke quietly singing the Darth Maul opera soundtrack as he plays with his double light saber.   Then there is another day splashing the water in the Wilson backyard (a few days after they moved in) And (6/26) Maryanne loving her Aunt Kate so much that she does her very first batch of giggles.

cousin snapshots:

 

wait, where's jane?

oh, there she is

3 months old

Do you love her?  Do ya?

thanks for the dress aunt kate!

In her 3rd month she did a little toe dipping

2nd swim - memorial day swim at the Walkers

First Swim - May 26 in Drew & Amanda's pool

3rd swim - June 4th at the Aquatic Center in Logan, UT  (aunt emily)

And met a bunch of adoring family members...

We love this girl so much.  She is just getting so smiley and laughy and dimply.   She's getting sturdier by the day and more aware of her surroundings.   It's exciting to watch more of her personality shine through.  What a great Maryanne to have around.