The Cousin Guests

I'm going to use the term cousins to describe my family members visiting from Utah because it's too difficult to list all the various ways their family is related to my family. Jimmy is my brother, Kara's uncle, Bentley's great-uncle, and mom's son. Ruth is my niece, mom's grandchild, Kara's first cousin, and Bentley's first cousin once removed. Ada is my great-niece, Kara's first cousin once removed, mom's great-grandchild, and Bentley's second cousin. Too many descriptors! I'm going to refer to them as Cousin Guests.

Our guests moved over to my brother Mark's home on Monday morning because we are getting ready for a visit from Matt's side of the family. The Cousin Guests are in town through Sunday and we've seen them now and then between their camping and canoeing trips. They come and get great-grandma to join them for some of their activities.

Here are a few photos from their time with us:

What is a snake doing at the Alaska Zoo?

The younger members of the group visited the petting zoo.

The youngest members of the group had a confab outside the petting zoo.

Jake had a great time with the older cousins.

A group shot of most of the guys. 

A group shot of a few of the girls with Bentley sandwiched in the shot. ?!

After wearing out one cousin, Jake moved on to the next.

Lots of cousins enjoying Asher's birthday cake. It's unfortunate we can't see Asher in this photo.

A group shot from our trip to Lake Ekultna. You gotta love this group photo....or not.

A rather bizarre group photo taken at the Fourth of July parade.

Baby Ada--she who inherited Viva's old wardrobe.

Cousins Rachel and Emma playing Colorku. Colorku was a big hit with the cousins.

Great-uncle Jimmy entertaining Lincoln. Or is Lincoln entertaining Great-uncle Jimmy?

Rachel and Lincoln: you want your photo on our blog? Pick up one of our children!

Ada is a cutie, but she's rather sober. Or maybe she hasn't had 1,000 photos taken of her so she doesn't know the drill: SMILE!