Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Cousins and Best Friends

You're probably sick of seeing pictures by now, right?
Well, I have just a few more. Remember me talking about the photo shoot with Tara Malouf of all the cousins? Well, I've added a few of those adorable pictures to our Summer 09' album in the Picasa web albums for your viewing enjoyment :-)
But first, a word about the cousins-
When John and I moved here 3 years ago, living near family was a huge factor in the decision. We love that our kids have a city full of cousins (literally we have 10 kids under the age of 5 that are all related in some way or another! But 2 of them live in Minnesota) and that they can see their aunts and uncles on a regular basis. My sweet sister-in-law Heidi lives just up the road from us, and we have the blessing of being able to see each other, work out together and arrange play dates for our boys all the time. David and Ty are only about 6 months apart, and their dad's (John and his older brother David) are very close friends, so we laugh at how much the boys will be like their dads some day.
**And as a side note, Heidi has become like a sister to me and my life has been blessed and made all the better by having her in it! For those of you who don't know her, she is truly a gentle spirit and maybe someday I'll dedicate a special blog all about her :-) **
Anyhow, for the past 4 years there has been at least 1 (if not more!) woman in our family that is pregnant. At one point, Julie, Heidi and myself were all pregnant at the same time! It must be the water in Scottsdale...
So here is how the ages break down:
Marley- 5
Lexi- 4 1/2
Bella- 3 1/2
Nolan- 3
Ethan- 2
David- almost 2
Alyssa- almost 2 (her and David are about 5 weeks apart)
Tyler- 18 months
Lucy- 14 months
Dominic- 5 months

And maybe more to come?

But not from me, thank you very much :-)
So follow this link to see some pictures of 6 of the cousins...maybe some day we'll be able to get a group shot of all 10 of them...yikes, that would be quite the task.



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