Cousins!

We love our cousins! This year we've spent a lot of time with my family. We held our Christmas party for last year in January of this year because with everything going on with my grandma we felt it would be good to postpone the Christmas celebration. One of my brothers got married at the beginning of February and another brother was sealed to his beautiful family a week later. Then my sister and her kids came up and spent a week with us, helping me pack and clean (which is another story for another day) and playing. And last week we had our annual family reunion. Even with all the trips we still usually feel like we don't see them enough. Man alive, I am so grateful for my family! 

Kisses for cousins at Christmas. 

I like to tease Dan about making funny faces when he feeds babies. He doesn't even know he does it, so I had to sneak a picture while he fed my nephew in this photo. 

The youngest cousin. He was being a bit fussy and Livie was trying to calm him, saying "Sshh! Sshh!" It was pretty darn adorable! 

Dallin adores babies! 

This is from when my sister and her kids came to see us. They were at our house over St Patricks Day, so we made rainbows with skittles and marshmallows and enjoyed a green snack. 

And then we exercised (read: working out energy!). 

These cousins love each other so much! 

This was at our reunion last week. My youngest brother made this cute little cart the kids just couldn't get enough of! They took turns all weekend pushing and pulling each other around my mom's big family/dining room. 

We also had a piñata to celebrate all the family birthdays for the year. Some of the kids could barely pick up up the bat (which was made of plastic, by the way). 

This little guy had no trouble whatsoever hitting that piñata! On fact, he was so fast my iPod couldn't get any photos that weren't blurry! 

The youngest cousin had a little help from his momma. :)

And the second youngest had some help from grandma. 

Dallin thought it was pretty awesome, though I'm not sure he ever hit it. 

Livie couldn't hold up the bat, either! She may not have natural aptitude for baseball. :) 

We finally had to just drop the piñata to break it because none of the kids could hit it hard enough to break it! And they sure enjoyed going for that candy! 

We also enjoyed lots of time playing games (it rained all weekend, effectively keeping us inside) and watching shows together. Dallin now has a mild obsession with Big Hero 6, which is unfortunate for him since we don't have it. :) And both kids keep asking when we're going to go see their cousins again!