Cousins in SC 13'

We just finished an awesome 10 days of cousins! We were missing two Stansell boy cousins this time, and it just wasn't the same without them.

Here are the 8 after church on Sunday. 

It was fun to celebrate the 4th together. We cooked out, baked in the sun, and stayed up late for fireworks. An all american kind of day!

 Got to love that rare opportunity for a family pic!

 My two waiting for fireworks to start.

 Nana brought enough sparklers to keep the kids entertained for a while! Only a few minor injuries involved... 

 Oh how I wish her sweet girl cousins lived closer!

 Three sweet Morgan gals!

We spent A LOT of time in the pool. We were thankful for plenty of sunshine!

 Uncle Matt knows just what to do with little girls, that's for sure!

The whole crew ventured to the beach on Saturday morning. For some reason this is the only picture I took of the event. Snack time!

It was a quick visit, filled with lots of sweet memories. Time to start planning our next hurrah! 

Goodbye June!

As it usually does, the summer is just flying right by. I'm not sure what happened to the month of June, but it was over in a hurry! Between VBS and family in town, it's been a fun kind of busy!

 Eli, Chase and Jacob spent about 3 hours in this tent in Nana's living room one rainy afternoon. I know these are the sweet things they will remember about growing up together!

 We've made a lot of progress around the new house, one of which being a better organized garage space. I often pull my car out of the garage on rainy days, that way the kids have more room to play. They love it!

 I came out last week to find Layla perched on the tricycle. She's one determined little lady!

 And a tired one too! She's still trying to cope with only one nap a day, poor thing!

Last week we had a fun visit with Mimi and Aunt Liz. They came and stayed with us for 4 nights. The kids were happy & well entertained, and mommy got lots of shopping/girl time! Liz and I spent A LOT of time and energy on sprucing up our new place. It was great having my interior decorator here in person! 

Our biggest project was refinishing our wooden adirondack chairs. They were pretty weathered looking. It's amazing what a coat of paint can do! We fell in love with the very first color we picked. It was exactly what we were looking for!

Eli wanted to be right in on the painting action. He did a great job!

 Who's the better fake sleeper? :)

 This is what a hot and tired one year old looks like! We left right before she resulted to a nap on the slide :)

 We went out to our favorite burger restaurant, and it never disappoints! 

 Hands down, the BEST milkshakes ever.

We were sad to say goodbye, but looking forward to seeing them in VA before too long!