Spending Time with Family

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. :D 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.

Me and Matt (2008)

Wyatt (at the airport) Dustin

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.

Me and Cami (2008) Matt, Aymee, Mom, & Mary Ann Brett, Cindy, Cami, LeAnn, Shari, Dad, & John

Brittni, Matt, Aymee, & Mom Aubree

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! :D 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!” :lol:

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. :D

Me and Aubree Me and Aubree

About Jenni Elyse

I enjoy reading, listening to music, watching movies and TV, playing any type of game (especially anything related to Zelda and Mario), aimlessly surfing the Internet, crocheting, knitting, playing the piano, and hanging out with my husband, cats, and friends. I hope you enjoy reading my posts as much as I enjoy writing them. If you want to get to know me better, check out the About Me page. I also blog at Getting Healthy.

2 thoughts on “Spending Time with Family

  1. holy crap! Matt looks a lot like Parker. I guess LeAnn & Dad got the ‘I must look like Grandad’ genes! Aubree is super cute! I wish we could’ve been there.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>