cousins!!!

Ah, family reunions :]  I love seeing my cousins!  We all enjoyed a fun night with a big waterslide (which i failed to get a pic of), lots of flies, great food & laughs!
It's weird when you look at your cousins kids and realize that you've known their parent, that you're not related to, since you were younger than them...if that even makes sense???  And then the cousin that used to tend your kids, when you'd go out of town, has kids older than yours were when they tended them...make sense again???
Scott & Kristen, Amy & Chet, Kellie & Bret, Jeff & Shellie, Brian & Danielle, Christine, Kathryn....plus my family, Ben & Minna & Liz......& all their kids showed up!  We missed Dan & Laura & Ben who live out of state, Mark & Rachel (Mark is recovering from a very serious car accident) and Steven & Mallory, Derrek, Dave & of coarse CJ.  All were in our hearts and memories however, so it's all good.
Our parents are not invited to this reunion.  It's just for us cousins!  It's kinda cool to think that we are all excited to get together without the push and shove of our parents.  The grandparents that brought us all to existance are gone and watching over us all from above.  We miss them, but are so grateful for the relationships we have because of years of sunday roast dinners, easter and grandmas homemade divinity eggs, Bear Lake-Yellowstone-California vacations, christmas, sunday night roast beef sandwiches with chili sauce or katsup....so many gatherings!  Posterity is such a beautiful thing!  Fun, fun, fun cousins reunion 2010!
What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories.  ~George Eliot

anna, spencer and emily

chet, hailey & amy

addy, caden and mom danielle, kayleb & brinton

liz with christine and her little austin & scott in the background :]

bret & kellie with little boston

ben & minna's 'little skittle' samantha