More fun with family

We went hiking with the Eddingtons. Hiking is so much more fun with cousins.

Cousins keep you motivated and moving.

The whole group.

All of the cousins.

I had to go out to Sioux Falls, SD to get our house ready to sell. Although, Ken had some of the time off there were a few holes in the schedule. We are so glad Aunt Brenda and Uncle Andrew volunteered to keep the kids at their house (Ken coming when he wasn't working). I think the kids liked the arrangement too.

Kailyn having fun at the splash park.

Kailyn

Aunt Brenda helping Ava play in the water.

Chase showing off his ninja moves.

Jordan so happy to be playing with her cousins.

Jordan, and Kyla

Who can hang on longer? Caden or Breven.

They also went to a big urban garden to enjoy different varieties of flowers and trees.  In the next couple of pictures the kids enjoyed watching small trains traveling around on their tracks.

All the kids held still (but some would not look at the  camera) for a group photo

They found a large open space, set up a T-ball, and played baseball.  Aunt Brenda just made a lucky catch (hit by Breven, which devastated him even though he did get an RBI out of it).

Why we love being by family

The kids have absolutely loved living closer to their cousins. Becky's birthday party was a great excuse to get together.

Some of the party goers playing on a big plastic bag filled with water..

Ava loves to jump.

Caden digging for prizes in a chunk of ice.

Kyla, Jordan, and Kailyn chipping away at the ice block. Such a great idea, it keep the kids busy forever.

Ava found the suckers. I think she had a few.

Ava and Asher were so cute together. At one point they found some food that had spilled on the floor. Asher feed some to Ava....

Ava returned the favor and fed some to Asher.

Ava was pretty excited to be bigger than someone and be the helper.

Apparently she doesn't just climb in next to Mom

Jordan's Field Trip

I don't know how this got missed but here are pictures of Jordan's field trip to the butterfly pavilion. She took all of the pictures.

Jordan touching a starfish.

Jordan even held Rosie!

The next few are some of the things Jordan got to see...

Butterfly cocoons. Some of them have hatched and some are still inside changing.