Day 4

We started out the day with a ride to our nephew Jared's work - at a toy store. Here's an "I can't believe we all fit in here" picture:The entrance has a special door for kids:
Testing the merchandise. I hope that we didn't get Jared in trouble.



In the afternoon we had a family get together with all of Damon's Texas family. Here he is with his cousin Stephanie. She has 3 boys close to the same age as the Cole kids and then a little 6 year old girl! Hopefully we'll get to see them all next time!

Damon's aunt Jeannetta and her son Tim, along with Stephanie:

Damon's cousins Tim and Margeaux (their mom is Jeannetta) with their dad, Kurt. Max woke up from his nap and sat on Margeaux's lap for a long time, but refused to look at her. He did however, peek at her out of the corner of his eye a few times, to see if she was still behind him.The Coles graciously opened their invitation to include Emily and some of her friends, who joined us for the cookout:
Here are all the cousins that were there. Jennelle (sitting) and Stephanie on the left are sisters. Their mom is Damon's dad's sister. Their dad is Damon's mom's brother. Siblings married siblings. So they've got double cousins! Got it?! Shelly and Damon are in the middle, Tim and Margeaux are the siblings on the right. Their mom Jeannetta is Damon's mom's sister. Whew!
There's always gotta be a goofy picture:
Aww...

more awww....
That night we all headed down the block to the Cole's neighborhood pool. it was so hot outside that the water was well...not all that refreshing. it was like swimming in bath water. but it was better than being dry! I've heard of heated pools, but maybe Texas should look into some cooled pools!


We had such a good time getting caught up with family we hadn't seen in way too long! It was a great day!