Cousins

Well, first cousins, once removed, that is.  Our niece, Jenny, and her kids were here this weekend while she ran the Rock 'n Roll 1/2 marathon (the one Matt & I walked in 2010).  They came over last night with her folks (Matt's brother & his wife).  It was so great to see them!  The last time was when Lydia was just a baby (see link one and link two).

All the kids in age/height order... David (17), Marissa (14), Joshua (9 1/2), Jesse (8), Naomi (6 1/2), Ben (5 1/2), and Lydia (2)

Naomi, Anita, Jenny holding Lydia, and Mark

Ben (5 1/2) very earnestly telling Jesse about all the cool things they could do "when you come to my house".  They live in Colorado now (a bit closer than they were before), so we just may be able to do that sometime.

Ben, Joshua & Jesse picked right up where they left off the last time, playing lightsabers, X-Box (Star Wars Battlefront), etc.  Naomi enjoyed having a younger girl to play with and dress up and share her toys with.  And of course, all the adults and David & Marissa enjoyed visiting.  It's always so nice to catch up with Jenny and her family... we were just sorry her husband Rob couldn't be here.