the Shaffer cousins visit

The Shaffer cousins came to visit! The boys were so excited to have Chris, Kim and the girls come over for the weekend. They got there late Friday night, so no one got to play together until the next morning. I had grand plans for a garage sale game -what can you get for a dollar?- but it rained and poured most of the morning and the garage sales closed up. What do you do when you're stuck inside with 7 kids and 4 adults? Here's some ideas....

We boxed. Andy set up a "ring"in the living room and hauled out all our boxing gloves (we have 4 pairs).


We worked on experiments. This is a circuit set that Marcus got for his birthday. All the kids and adults liked playing with it.


We played some board games. Connect Four and Monopoly.


We made some new friends. Liam loves his Uncle Chris!

We also introduced Kim and Chris to the "Kelso" pizza (chicken and ranch dressing). The kids got to have dessert at Alexander's (ice cream) and then we rented a movie (The Fabulous Mr. Fox). Not a bad day even though it was super cool and damp after all the rain in the morning.


Sunday was so much nicer out! Fortunetely, the cousins did not have to leave right after church, so we had plenty of time together. Andy and Chris went to the batting cage and then we went to the park.


Liam showcased his talent of pushing his stroller. He loves to get behind it and push the stroller all over! He gets mad when you try to help him out or try to guide the direction he's going.


All good things must come to and end and families must go back to their homes. I warned the kids that I was going to take this photo. They're starting to catch on that I take a group photo of them everytime we're together. I have grand plans to do a little scrapbook of the cousin group photos over the years. We're so glad they came to see us!