Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Cousin Visit Part 3: Papa and Nana's House

The visit with Papa and Nana started with a camping trip. We had a beautiful spot on Lake Murray in Oklahoma.


Poor Mia with her pink cast. She didn't complain a single time about having to swim and play in a cast for over a month.

Lennon LOVES the water!
Papa and, as Mia calls her, Aunt Freckles.
Jay throwing Lennon in the air.
Mia doesn't go quite as high. . .
Sissy, Lennon, Papa, Freckles, Mia, Jay and Jax.
Another group shot.
Bear was great on the trip despite the heat. Did I mention there was a record heat wave the week we were there?
Bear didn't seem to mind:)
Mia with Bleaker, Noah and Jessica's new baby.
Jackson after having his first ever taste of ice cream. Of course it had no sugar and was sweetened with honey. He thought it was awesome and asked for more!
Due to the heat we left Oklahoma a few days early and came home to camp at Nana and Papa's house. It was super fun and we loved having their awesome pool and AC when we wanted it:) I need to get Nana's camp pictures to post more b/c I obviously didn't take very many.

We went to a public pool/water park one day. Here's Bear snoozing in one of Lennon's shirts. Yes, that's right, my 4 month old sleeping in a 3T. In fairness, it's pretty big on him.
Shelby and Lennon.
Sissy and Jack.
Sissy and the "twins."
Baron woke up very happy.
He is almost always smiling.
You can't really tell hear but his hair is super curly.
Lennon taking a cracker break.
Nana with 4 of her (almost 6) grandkids.
A few days later we went to stonebriar to ride the carousel.
Sissy is the most fun!
Bear napping on Nana's sofa. I can't for the life of me get him to sleep without the swaddle. And he's almost grown out of the size large!
Just to show you how long this burrito baby has gotten!
Jaclyn and Bear at the pool.
Jack putting on some goggles.
Jenna and her BFF Jaclyn.
Sissy and Lennon.
Uncle Noah and Aunt Jess.
Jack and Nana. Nana and Papa each worked with Jackson for an afternoon and it greatly improved his comfort level in the pool. Thanks guys!
Nana, Bleaker, Jack and Jess.
Nana and Bleaker.
I love this one of Jess and Jackson.
Noah and his new baby.
Handsome Uncle Jer.
The boys planning a water fight.
Mia and Emma.
The boys had a major water fight with Nana.
They would get her with water guns and she would splash them with water. They had a blast.
Lennon pushing Jenna into the pool.
Sissy is one of Jackson's most favorite people in the entire world:)
Jack and Lennon goofing off.
Love that Jackie Bo Bo.
Aunt Freckles did really well having her house taken over by children.
Uncle Jer making a splash.
It was awesome that Jackson would float by himself all through the pool. This was new for him.
Papa and Uncle Jer are always so serious.
What kind of a mean mommy would take this picture? I don't know why but I thought he looked cute upset. . .
Bear loved napping on Sissy. He seems older than 4 months there. . .have I said that before?
Love. That. Baby.
Our tiny man is getting so big!
The four cousins. . .even if only two of them are looking.
It was impossible to get 4 smiles so I settled for 4 faces.
Baby Bear after a bath. Reminds me of a picture of Jackie I need to find and compare:)

Our visit with our amazing cousins was awesome and we miss them terribly already. Please move back to Texas soon! Thanks so much to Gaga, Papa and Nana for such fun trips while the Francis family was here. And Jenna, please remind me of all of the great kid quotes I need to add. What an awesome family we have. . .can't wait to see you at Christmas!

1 comment:

The O Family said...

Bear is SO CUTE!!! I just want to nibble those little baby thighs. I'm seriously dying here from cuteness overload.

And that photo of handsome Uncle Jer is great - he's become a man!