June Recap

The summer is FLYING by. The highlight of June was definitely our week long visit with family that we hadn't seen in way too long! Becky, Jason, Noah and Colin flew in from Seattle for a much anticipated week of fun in the sun with lots of boy cousins. GG & Goomba were able to come from Florida; and Katie, Charles, Chase, Jacob & Luke from Columbia. That's a total of 6 boys...under the age of 6! The week was full of sweet sweet memories...countless hours spent in the pool, trips to the beach, trolley rides (enjoyed by all besides a certain very nauseaus pregnant woman), baseball games, family dinners, golf course games, and many many more. It was just so good to be together, that we really didn't care what we were doing! Our main concern was keeping all 6 of the boys entertained, and finding ways to tire them out. The adults spent lots of quality time by the pool while the kids were napping, which was so relaxing.
I will always have the sweetest memories of Noah reading to Eli. Within 5 minutes of us reuniting with them on Father's Day Sunday, Noah was already reading book after book to Eli, and explaining each page as he went along. Eli loved having this special time with his biggest boy cousin. Eli and Colin were such sweet buddies too. They are about 5 months apart, and logged some serious playtime together.
I probably have 300 pictures of just the kids in the pool. They seriously lived in the pool for the week. We even let them swim in the rain one morning...mainly because we feared the outcome of being stuck in the house all day!
Definitely one of my favorite things we did with the boys was spending an evening at the baseball field. We always joke about having enough boys in the family to field a baseball team...and pretty soon we just might! Pop Pop pitched to each of the boys, as they all took turns batting & running the bases. Aunt Becky helped them all run the bases..and Eli still talks about this! They were all in absolute heaven, covered in sweat & dirt, and ready to head home & rinse off in the pool by the end of the night!

I thought it was way too cute that in almost every group picture I have, Chase is always right next to Eli. Chase is so sweet and affectionate, and is always the first to give out a great big hug. He calls Eli his 'buddy,' and I'm sure he's really glad that Eli is getting old enough to finally play with the bigger boys.
Thanks to a very creative Aunt Becky, all of the boys were transformed into superhero's for a night! They loved running around the backyard in their capes together. You could just see their little imaginations going.

Everybody was able to make it to the beach on Saturday morning. The kids loved having GG & Goomba, and Nana & Pop Pop there with them. We all enjoyed watching baby Luke experience the beach for the first time too. He was just as laid back as always, and even managed to catch a cat nap. Next time he'll be cruisin' all over the beach!

We are so grateful for our time together, and for the memories that were made. It's hard to believe that there will be another Morgan baby in the mix next time we're all together! This will make grandbaby #10 for Danny's parents. The Lord has blessed this family in ways that we never could have imagined.