Visiting our Cousins

On Monday the kids and I headed up to Rice Lake to hang out with Jessie and their cousins.  Dan works late on Monday's so it was a nice way to pass the long day.  We stayed over night and left at nap time Tuesday.  Then Tuesday night Leyton had a baseball game. We hadn't been up to Rice Lake to see them since Evelyn was born in February, which is a shame since its only an hour and we're both home with the kids all day everyday! Anyhow, it was fun for Jessie and I, and for the kids.  Cal and Luca are becoming good buddies, who like to get into mischief together!  They are always off on their own doing something... This trip they learned to ride the Gator- Cal steered and Luca controlled the gas!  It was cute and frightening at the same time :)

It was HOT the days we were there- perfect for outside water time.

 The little stinkers, pretty proud of themselves for getting that Gator going:

 Jessie with the little babies, and one big one :)

 Fiona was sleeping so cute like this, but by the time I came back with the camera I had a quivering chin on my hands:

 The kids being a train (Ella put her dress on herself... For a kid that doesn't like tight fitting things she sure didn't mind being choked by her dress!)

 The Twins!  Ok, they may only look alike in size, but its cute to see them next to each other in the double stroller!

 Luca and Cal excited for the walk:

 Jessie made a stop at Hanna Andersson last week and got our favorite pj's for the kids.  Leyton was excited to match Luca:

 One of Cal and Luca's other favorite spots besides the Gator was the freezer in the garage... They figured out where the popsicles were and how to open them themselves.  (I think we can assume Cal was probably the instigator with the freezer opening...)

 Cal loves Mischa!

 And an ice cream treat before we hit the road:

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