Last weekend was our annual Fall Cousins Weekend in East Texas. It is getting much harder to coordinate these weekends now that we are juggling multiple school calendars and hectic activity schedules. But everytime we get together, the kids and grownups alike make so many wonderful memories together that we are reminded of why we continue to plan these visits. Here is a recap of our Cousins Weekend in pictures and captions.
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| Connor and Kaitlynn arrived at MeMe's house to find Renee and Ryah already there. They immediately ran back to the cousins' bunk room to play together. |
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| Ryah, Renee, Connor, and Kaitlynn after bathtime. |
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| Aunt Michelle gave the kids a fun post-bath activity: filling a pumpkin pinata with candy! They all took turns putting candy in the pinata which was for a party the next day. |
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| Saturday morning, the Morgan clan headed out to Kilgore to the Danville Farm. It has a huge corn maze, pumpkin patch, jumping pillow, hayrides, train rides, petting zoo...you name it! |
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| We made the kids sit for pictures before they could play. |
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| 9 cousins - all girls except Connor! |
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| Here's Grand Daddy with Kaitlynn in the corn maze. |
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| I thought this picture was cool. It shows how huge the corn maze is and you can see most of the Morgan clan walking far off in the distance with Grand Daddy standing on the lookout ladder above them. |
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| Kaitlynn insisted on climbing up the huge John Deere tractor. |
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| Grand Daddy and Marissa. She turned 1 this year and is the youngest of the Morgan cousins. |
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| Next up, the hay ride. |
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| The cousins all enjoyed the corn pit, too. |
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| Kaitlynn acted like she wanted to be buried in the corn... |
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| But Ryah was the first willing participant in that game. |
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| Followed by Renee. |
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| Back at MeMe's house, the kids had a little rest time with a movie. |
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| That night, we gathered for Ryah's 6th birthday party. Remember that ark I mentioned that Grand Daddy was building? Here it is, completely finished and turned into a pool deck and grand pavilion. |
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| The cousins' favorite part are the built-in trap doors leading to the "dungeon" (old pool cavity) below. They played games in there all weekend! |
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| Here's the group with the pumpkin pinata. |
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| It was a fun pumpkin-themed party for Ryah. |
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| And here's my beautiful sister Michelle with her precious girls, Renee and Ryah on Ryah's birthday. |
Phew! I'm worn out just from posting about our weekend. Here's to the next one!
What great pictures from a fun weekend! Thanks for "capturing" all the memories!
ReplyDeleteI always love the recap from your cousins weekend. And poor Connor with all those girls! But I bet he loves it!
ReplyDeleteWe are headed to my parents this weekend and are planning to go to the Danville Farms maize as well. They live about 5 minutes from there. How fun you guys were just there.
I can only imagine how much your parents must love when you guys are all together. What a great family you have!
LOVE those corn pictures. How cool
ReplyDeleteI hope you all never, never, never stop having these weekends. I think this is one of the coolest things ever.
ReplyDeleteThe kids are growing up so fast. They will have such cherished memories of these days together. Most certainly, you all are building a foundation for strong friendships among the cousins for a lifetime.
I LOVE the pic of Kaitlynn and Grand Daddy. And Renee and Ryah in the corn. That was really cool!
So glad you're taking advantage of fun fall activities - with family! Love you girl. Miss you too!
You guys always look like you are having so much fun during your cousin weekends. I hope that you can keep them up as the kids get older. What special memories they are making. I know your parents must love it too. I bet they need a week to recuperate afterwards. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe ark turned out great. I bet the kids had a blast playing in the underneath part. And once again Connor was a trooper being with all of the girls. Love it!