We had the privilege of being with extended family a few weeks ago. One of my Grandma's cousins from Norway was in town visiting. I just love hearing my Grandma speak Norwegian with her cousins. This is Liv and my Grandma:
She was in California to visit her daughter Tove.
This is me, my cousin Rachael, Tove, and my cousin Sara.
**Disclaimer - I keep calling people my cousin but many of these cousins are 2nd cousins once removed or first cousins twice removed, etc...we're all family and you'll just have to trust me on that. We actually drew a family tree and these kids here are fourth cousins!!!
Tove came to the states to go to college, married an English man, lived in California, had two boys, moved to England, had two girls, and ended up back in California two years ago (That's a rough summary.) Unfortunately, she's in Northern California so we don't see her.
The last time we were together her two boys were babies and I had only Jason. Now these boys are 8 years older and a lot taller :) They thought it was funny that they played together as babies and ended up enjoying each other all day. Here they were making letters with their bodies...very creative play when you have no toys or electronics to entertain!
The girls were a good match, too. Beth had 7 year old Caitlin and Jill had three year old Emily...although we found three year olds really like to be the only three year old around getting all of the attention so we may have to wait a few years for them to become good buddies :)
