Made a trip down to Vegas today and stopped in at Jim and Clorinda's house. Pete, Tara and fam were in from Houston and were going to be over for a bit. Sara had mentioned this a few days ago when I was near to death and in that state there was no way I was making a trip anywhere. Yesterday pops mentioned it. I still wasn't sure I would be up to making the trip. This morning however I woke up feeling much better. I asked the kids how they would feel about making a road trip today to see their cousins and they were all about it. So much so that they all got showered and ready for church without a problem. We went to an earlier Ward than ours. Not sure what Ward it was but they meet at our Stake Center at 11 so I know they are part of our Stake. I recognized a few people there, most likely from The Little Brick House. It was High Council Sunday and the rep was Brother Dotson from our Ward so it was almost like being at our regular meeting. The theme as you might guess on this Sunday before Thanksgiving was gratitude.
On that note let me just say how grateful I am for cousins. I grew up idolizing my cousins. They were the best and I wanted to be just like them. Well, I was happy to see my kids have the opportunity to spend time with their cousins. They are actually quite fortunate to spend many a day with their cousins that live next door. That is pretty fantastic. Today they got to spend time with nearly all of their cousins from the Fontano Fam. The only cousins missing were Shey and Donovan Jack. Pretty neat day and a neat visit.
We discussed Jeremy, Abbie, Ben and Oliver being there and Natty, Jack and Andy were all excited about that. Jack was especially excited to meet his new little cousin Oliver. He got to hang out near him quite a bit. Here is a picture of them meeting each other, Jack just wanted to talk to him and play.
Both the boys were pretty excited about that new little baby. They actually took my phone and would record videos of Oliver and others then they would play back the videos for Oliver. I think Oliver actually liked them, for a while anyway. It was pretty cute to watch them.
Here is Andy hanging out with Clayton and Jeremy. We've also got Ben there on the floor.
On that note let me just say how grateful I am for cousins. I grew up idolizing my cousins. They were the best and I wanted to be just like them. Well, I was happy to see my kids have the opportunity to spend time with their cousins. They are actually quite fortunate to spend many a day with their cousins that live next door. That is pretty fantastic. Today they got to spend time with nearly all of their cousins from the Fontano Fam. The only cousins missing were Shey and Donovan Jack. Pretty neat day and a neat visit.
We discussed Jeremy, Abbie, Ben and Oliver being there and Natty, Jack and Andy were all excited about that. Jack was especially excited to meet his new little cousin Oliver. He got to hang out near him quite a bit. Here is a picture of them meeting each other, Jack just wanted to talk to him and play.
Both the boys were pretty excited about that new little baby. They actually took my phone and would record videos of Oliver and others then they would play back the videos for Oliver. I think Oliver actually liked them, for a while anyway. It was pretty cute to watch them.
Here is Andy hanging out with Clayton and Jeremy. We've also got Ben there on the floor.
I didn't get a picture of Natty but she had a ball there with all of her cousins. Though I am tired tonight and we did a lot of driving I am grateful to have made the trip.
Now just for a moment I will speak beyond cousins. I briefly make mention of Brothers and Sisters. I am humbled by the greatness that exists in my brothers and sisters. Today we had 5 of the 8 there together and it was a wonderful treat. Each are good and faithful people who I look up to and admire greatly. I actually saw that Amy had posted a picture from her wedding as the background pic on her facebook. It was a picture with all the siblings at the Temple, on the grounds, striking a funny pose. It makes me laugh and it makes my eyes a bit wet as I think about how much my family means to me.
No comments:
Post a Comment