Cutie Cousins

We post lots of pictures of our cousin fun here on the blog. We are sooooo blessed and lucky to have cousins nearby--Danny, Rosalie, and Hannah right across the street, Gabriel, Jared, Jacob and Sammy 2 hours away in Helena, and Ally, Belle, Ben and Jack a day away in Utah. We love spending time with them, and with Cody & Ty in the summer.

But we have lots of cutie cousins we don't see often, so we don't post much about them. The Ducketts and Melins in Texas ("Marlena's"), the Melins in Florida ("Jelli's"), the Laytons in Utah and Arizona, the Hamlins in Michigan, and the Posties in Australia. We miss them a lot, so I thought it would be fun to post a few of our favorite pictures of them. Here are some fun ones my kids love to look at:

First, a flash back to 2003...

This is Addie (almost 2) and Liam (2-1/2) on Petersen's trampoline in Utah (this was the week I found out I was pregnant with Heidi).

Here are Raef and Brady Hamlin on the beach in Michigan.

They belong to my sister, Sara...so cute!

Here are Raef and Brady with their little sister, Kaylee.

Here are the Texas Melins exploring TX/NM

(Elena, Liana, Sariah, Mark, Jared, and baby Samantha)

More Texas Melins--Liana, Saraiah, and Jared with their Daddy (Rich's brother, Mark)

Here are Matthew and TJay Melin in their washer in Florida.

Matthew (one month younger than James) is also known as a monkey boy, so I am sure this was his idea. (Hey, MY bro Matt--remember you used to hide in teh dryer all the time?). Their family keeps a blog (linked at right) so we keep up with them pretty well that way.

This is my niece, Maeby Post, with a kangaroo. Maeby is 2 months younger than James. My brother Will, his wife Audrey, and their kids Melanie, Liam, Spencer, and Maeby are having an excellent adventure down under!

Here is Spencer cradling a wombat...so sweet!

And here is our sweet little Arizona boy Owen Layton (son of my bro Sam & SIL Kristen), experiencing his first snowfall a few weeks ago. I've posted this before, but I'm telling you, this boy SLAYS with his cuteness. And James is obsessed with him (he is our surrogate baby brother, I think).

WE LOVE ALL OUR COUSINS & MISS THEM AT CHRISTMAS TIME!!!