Sunday with family:

Yesterday we celebrated Jeff's Grandma's 82nd birthday. Jeff's cousin Sara (see her blog) came with her daughter, Abby, and David and his family came as well. Both had long drives and we rarely get to see them. You can see more pictures on Kelly's blog too.

Here is another picture of the 3 cousins born so close together last Fall:

Priscilla, Abby, and Mandy enjoyed each other like babies enjoy each other, by pulling ears and hair and poking eyes and noses. 

Here are the moms: Jayne with Priscilla (7 1/2 months), me with Mandy (8 1/2 months), and Sara and Abby (7 months).

We were at Jeff's aunt and uncle's home in Dallas and they have a fun yard to play in. Emma loved playing with all the kids (12 great-grandkids all together + 3 more not there).

David brought the family dog, Bruce. That dog was huge and played really nicely with the kids. I asked Emma if she thought the dog was really big and she said, "No, that dog just my size."

It is a family tradition that everyone who wants home-made ice cream must crank the machine first. Jeff was working hard holding the machine down as cousin, Kim, powered through the process of making delicious ice cream.

And then there is Emma. I snapped this picture as she was waiting for ice cream. She was SO tired out after our evening with family. She cried all the way home that she wanted to go back and play. "I'm not tired, I want to play with my coosins."

Does she really not realize that the crying and whining gives away the tiredness? She was not convincing anyone, but yes, it is always hard to say good-bye to fun times.