Cousins by the dozens...

We've now been in Utah for two weeks and Abbie and Leah have been having tons of fun playing with many of their cousins. We've been swimming, shopping, playing outside, visiting Grandpa's house, going to church activities, having birthday parties, visiting friends, and watching aunts run in triathalons. We hardly stop moving all day long and every night the girls just crash into bed because they are so tired from all the fun. We have been able to visit most of the family in the area individually and that has been nice to have more time to really hang out and get to know their families and not feel rushed like other times we have visited in the summer.

Here are the girls on our first stop after the reunion in Idaho visiting cousin Megan:

Doesn't that cute smile just make you want to hop on the other side and teeter-totter with Leah?

At the park with six of the cousins fighting over the same snack

Riding bikes at the park


Cousins Kyra and Maggie

Leah and Aunt Afton with baby Robyn

Reading bedtime stories with Aunt Liesl with some of the girl cousins

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Abbie playing in the sprinkler

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Queen of the castle

Abbie was so proud to show me that she could swim with her legs in the air while using a tube .

Playing in the deeper water after only the second day, so brave!

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Leah loves playing with all the floaties and toys around the pool and doesn't actually spend much time in the water.

At the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house. This is the first temple that Abbie has ever been in and her favorite thing was all the pretty lights (chandeliers). She was pretty tired and too stubborn to look at the camera so she was pretending to be asleep in the picture. .

Having popsicles and popcorn at Grandpa's house with more cousins.

Toys at Grandpa's house are awesome! .

Jammin' with Uncle Frosty

Running around on the RC car track in the backyard at Frosty's house

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Leah jumping on the trampoline at Uncle Jim's house
Picking cucumbers...
And zucchini with cousin Miles
Leah and Miles digging in the corn
President Leah at her desk signing important laws into action!

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A picture Abbie drew to mail to Daddy. She wrote everything all by herself, with just a little prompting by me to know what letter to write next.

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Belly pic at 27 weeks. I just started the 3rd trimester, crazy!

We are having a great time but we miss home and can't wait to see Daddy next week!