On Saturday, the Murphy family (my sister and brother-in-law) arrived in Alaska. Brendon is a helicopter pilot with the Army and he's been transferred to Fairbanks. We're so excited to welcome them here! It's been almost five years since we last saw each other, but the kids acted like old friends. They were here in Wasilla visiting us and Nate and Elizabeth until Tuesday. We spent each day all together, with a total headcount of TEN kids!! We potlucked our meals and had a really great time.
The Girl Cousins (minus Avelyn) enjoyed dressing up, applying makeup, and playing with dollies.
The Boy Cousins wrestled, played outside, and built with Legos.
On Saturday, the Murphy's first night here, we put the kids to bed at our house and the adults played Rock Band until 3 am. We decided it would be easiest to leave the finally-sleeping kids all here at my house and the adults and Avelyn went to Nate and Elizabeth's for the rest of the night...or actually, morning. The cousins were so excited when they woke up and were still here. I heard Jayna first at about 7:00 saying, "Girls! Look! We had a
sleepover!!"
I made pancakes and eggs for breakfast, and they played hard for the rest of the morning.
Here's the whole gaggle of cousins.
Uncle Brendon, with Jayna and Anna.
The Boy Cousins wrestled, played outside, and built with Legos.
On Saturday, the Murphy's first night here, we put the kids to bed at our house and the adults played Rock Band until 3 am. We decided it would be easiest to leave the finally-sleeping kids all here at my house and the adults and Avelyn went to Nate and Elizabeth's for the rest of the night...or actually, morning. The cousins were so excited when they woke up and were still here. I heard Jayna first at about 7:00 saying, "Girls! Look! We had a sleepover!!" I made pancakes and eggs for breakfast, and they played hard for the rest of the morning.
Uncle Brendon, with Jayna and Anna.
1 comment:
What a super group of photos. Could you email me the one with all the kids together on the sofa? I tried to download it from the blog, but no such luck.
Thanks. Love you all.
Mom H.
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