Edmonds Siblings visit Edina

 We had a great week and weekend hosting Paul, Marcia, Hunter, Kaelyn, Audrey and Anne, Finn and Ben at our house. After a long time apart, we packed a lot of fun into a few days. Here's a list of all the fun, but what I think the cousins will remember the most are the games and shows they came up with at the house. They played store with a kitchen behind the bar and a seashell store in the closet (and even made flyers), put on dance and gymnastics shows (and even made tickets), built squirrel and bird traps, and a candy vending machine. It was so fun to watch all these cousins get along and enjoy time together and it was good to catch up with the adults too!

• Como Zoo and Como town amusement park
• swimming at Jan and Steve's house, the Edina pool, and Bunker beach water park
• playing outside, at parks, on a hike up the trail by the house, water balloons, bounce house, and splash pads
• Mini golf

Summer Sports and Irish Dance

 The kids enjoyed trying new things this summer

• Maeve played soccer with her 1st grade girls and Kyle and Cecilia played Soccer shots
• Maeve and Cecilia enjoyed trying Irish dance and I loved seeing what they learned
• Kyle and Cecilia played t-ball in a parent-and-me class

Sun Valley and Stanley, Idaho

 We enjoyed celebrating Brigid's 70th birthday in early June in Sun Valley and Stanley, Idaho. We enjoyed beautiful scenery with the mountains and lakes and even a boat ride with such amazing views. The cousins enjoyed playing games, petting the Sun Valley horses, and swimming in the neighborhood pool. Ed and Eric finished a 1000 piece puzzle in 3 days. Kyle loves picking wildflowers and so much so that we have to tell him now not to pick flowers from the garden at home! We enjoyed seeing family again after a long time apart.

Cousins in Ketchum (Sun Valley is actually not the city - it's Ketchum, Idaho)

This is an action shot of how we attempt to get the best pic - HAHA