Cousins, Cousins and Cowgirls

We have had the BEST summer-albeit CRAZY busy.  And beware, this post is Long...
My sister in law, niece and nephew came to stay at Brett's parents' for about 3 weeks in between closing on their old house and moving into their new house; Dylan was here on the weekends but he had to go to work- in Roanoke, VA during the week. Unfortunately, their new house is still in  Frisco, TX- but we crammed a BUNCH of cousin time in while we had them here.  Avery and Evelyn are only 5 days apart in age- and they play SO well together.  It is comical how they take turns "being the boss"- Tiff & I were amazed that we didn't have a single fight to break up, they just worked it out!  Gage and Anna are buddies out of default, and Gage takes great care of her- even if it isn't always his first choice.  I LOVED having them here- I feel like I know them SO much better and my kids REALLY LOVED having them here- in fact, they aren't sure what to do with themselves now that they're gone!

We let the girls spend the night together every OTHER night so there was SOME sleeping going on.  This was Evie's first night at our house- and Avery's first sleepover at our house :-)

They were SO tired at night- there was actually SOME sleeping going on

The next day we took a girls trip to the mall and got some new shades AND a ride on the carousel

We took the girls to My Little Dollhouse for playtime one afternoon.  This was Annie's first time.

This was evie's first trip to this place- but she knew the ropes from similar spots.  She was ready to dress up!

Anna just wanted to do what everyone else was doing!

These girls and their dance moves CRACKED me UP!

The big girls decided that they were ready for hair and makeup too...

Sweet cousins!

A trip to the very cool new splash park in Bixby

Anna didn't care for the sprinklers but she did love the playground!

We took a break from Avery's cousins in Tulsa to go to Arkansas to see MY cousin (Amy) and her girls.  It was MORE fun, MORE girls and MORE craziness!

My girls at JumpZone in Bentonville- they were especially sweet to each other this whole weekend!

My little annie has no fear- she did everything the big kids were doing

It FINALLY quit raining long enough for us to get outside so we literally RAN to the park

EVERYONE was happy to be outside together!

And it was time to SWIM!

AFTER Grandy gave all the girls a pedi, of course

My cousin sent us home with a sack of hand me downs....anna was REALLY excited about the pink cowgirl boots.

And back home to our other cousins for MORE fun!  This time Tiffany had to go to Dallas to close on the house,L&B were leaving for their Germany trip so ALL the kids stayed with us for 1 night.  We stayed BUSY and had LOTS of fun!

And, last but certainly not least we had Macie Drue and Maddox's 3/5 year old Bday party last weekend.  AS always, they did it RIGHT- with perfect decor, ponies to ride, & cupcakes to eat!