This past week, I had a chance to see my cousin Don that I haven’t seen since I was five years old. He’s my dad’s nephew and he lives in Texas. He decided to come visit and he brought Kayla and Kessie, his daughters, with him. (I’d never met Kayla or Kessie before.) Corey and I went out to dinner with them and my parents’ on Tuesday evening. It was a lot of fun to see him, even though I don’t really remember him, and meet his daughters as well.
Yesterday, was the last day Don and his girls were in town and the day LeAnn (my older sister), John (LeAnn’s boyfriend), Mary Ann (John’s mom), and LeAnn’s sons (Matt, Dustin, and Wyatt) arrived to visit for the week. My parents threw a party so the family could see them. I haven’t seen LeAnn, John, Dustin, and Wyatt since I visited them in Houston four years ago, and I haven’t seen Matt since he was three years old because he lives with his dad in Missouri.
Cindy (my older sister) and her family came down to visit as well. I haven’t seen Cindy or Cami (my niece) for a little over a year and the rest of them for about a year and a half now. So, it was good to see them as well.
Even though I haven’t seen LeAnn and the boys for a long time, I decided to sleep over at Aymee and Dave’s (my niece and nephew-in-law) because there were so many people at my parents’. Aymee and I also wanted to have a game night. When she lived in Provo before she got married, she and I would play Settlers of Catan all the time. Since she’s got married, we haven’t really had a chance to do that very much, so we wanted to take the chance while we could. We had a good time! We didn’t finish the game until about 2:00 am, so we’re both a little tired today.
When I woke up this morning, Aubree (my great-niece) was really cute. She kept coming over to the couch and looking at me. She would smile and laugh and then run away. After a little bit of that, she started to mimic everything I did, including raising and shaking her arms in the air and saying, “Yay yah!”
Before I left Aymee and Dave’s to come back to my parents’, I wanted to get a picture of me and Aubree together. I’ve taken a few since she has been born, but because they were always with someone else’s camera, I haven’t seen hide nor hair of them. But, now I have some because I have my own digital camera thanks to a hand-me-down from Corey’s parents.
Title: Dragon Prince
