…and lots of other cousins.
Dave’s little sister Julie grew up here in the desert. She knows what it means to be here in June. (It means this horrendous stuff like 118 degrees for reals last week.) But she doesn’t let a little thing like sluggishly vaporous heat get in the way of cousin bonding time. And oh boy do we love her for that. Whenever she comes to town with her great husband and six kids it’s always a party.
(Especially when it really is Grace’s birthday..) All the cousins think they’ve died and gone to Heaven when they get to get together with those dear cousins.
(Five of his siblings live close-by so there are a lot of cousins to gather.) They stayed with us almost a week of their two-week-desert-visit. We were smart enough to swim a lot.
(I think we need a baby.) 
…and to go to a farmer’s market to stock up on some serious food.
Because that many kids go through a lot of food I tell you.
One of the greatest parts as far as Max was concerned was that his cousin was willing to go to work with him:
Now that is nice. Let’s just say he doesn’t have the most fun job in the world most days. Sadly, it was Elle’s last week of summer school while they were here.
I’m pretty sure she survived though, especially when these girls came and stole her away for one afternoon.
Yeah, I think they were ok. (They did their own photoshoot. Love it.) We sure like those cousins. Thanks for coming, dear cousins! We love you!
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I love, love, LOVE your family! I'm pretty crazy about my family, too, but I really don't have that many cousins (especially compared to your family) and we all live so far apart that we've only seen each other a handfull of times in our lives. Seeing the pictures of your kids with their cousins makes me just a teensy bit jealous! 🙂
And can I just say how nice all of the kids look?! Seriously, they just look like the nicest kids, and it always looks like you guys have a blast together. (I loved the picture of Max and his little cousin; he's going to be a great dad someday!)
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– Heather
oh, i understand the power of cousins!!! my father was the 3rd of 10 kids…which they all went on to have 6 or 7 of their own..we are four, and thats a tiny family lol! i think we are now around 50 grand kids…sadly i moved away to california (i come from quebec) but its so nice to have them to go back to! now we are in the great-grand baby making phase right now..and im making the 4rth one!!!! its so exciting to see loving families keep on growing! i have an AMAZING bond with my cousins that i grew up with…and now we are having kids toguether! (three girls in the span of a month to be exact.) now i know my daughter will enjoy the bond that i did as a child..because i make alot of trips lol. sorry for this long comment, i just related so much right here!
Julie is a party! We went camping as kids and she quoted the entire movie Princess Bride around the campfire one night, good times.
where did you find the very cute polka dot tankini suit you are wearing???!!!
and for some unknown reason, it posts my hubby's name instead of mine! Sorry.
You have such a beautiful family…your kids just glow with an light from within! Thanks for sharing your moments!
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