Cousins from Utah

I thought this deserved an individual post because it was one of those situations that couldn't have been more perfect as far as things working out and everyone having a great time for an official first time meeting (well first time for Tre and 2nd for me - met everyone at our wedding which was the last time I saw most of them). Jammer's cousins, their kids and two of his Aunts came down to stay at his parent's beach house for the weekend. All the kids were so close in age to Tre (adding on a few years for the 2 older ones that were 8 and I think 6).

We hung out Thursday afternoon after Tre's nap and after Jammer got home from surfing. We went to meet everyone at Moonlight Beach Park. Where the kids didn't really play with each other much, there was so much going on. Tre was playing ball and the other kids were playing on the play structure. So after the park we all went back to the beach house and that's when the fun started. The kids all hung out and played. Tre got a couple belated birthday gifts so those were highlights of the evening (cars, stuffed animals, book, etc). I am so proud of him when I see how well he shares with other kids. So the kids were pretty occupied with the toys and playing among each other. We ate some pizza and salad for dinner and then got home kind of late.

Friday, July 23rd Tre's friend Emily's birthday party was in the morning at Moonlight Beach Park. Lots of visits to this park recently. We got there late because Jammer had his morning meeting, so we stayed for about an hour and some minutes. Jammer's brother Justin, sister Malia, Mom and Aunt stopped by for a visit to see Tre and Jammer while we were there. It was an overcast morning but felt a bit muggy. Then we brought Tre home for his nap. My friend Tiff stopped by when she got off work to bring Tre his birthday gift, see the new house and stop for a visit. After Tiff left I heard back from Jammer's Mom. Originally we all were going to try and make it to Jazz in the Park but time started to close in on us and we ended up just hanging out at the beach house so for the remainder of the evening we hung out over there, which worked out just as well. The kids could play and we all could hang out. Jammer's Mom made up a game where she hid things (all she could find in the house was ketchup packets and stuff, but the kids didn't care) and the kids had to go hunting around and look for them, it was really cute. I ended up taking Jammer's cousins to Downtown Encinitas to check out some shops (which a lot ended up being closed, but we did end up going into Hansen's Surf Shop) then back to the beach house to eat dinner and then go home.

Saturday, July 24th I did some things to prepare for a BBQ we were going to have at our house with Jammer's family in the afternoon while Tre played with his toys and watched a few shows. While Tre was napping I got cleaned up and did a few more things around the house to prepare. When Tre woke up he had a friend's birthday party to go to (I know tons of bday parties lately, hehe). His friend Quinn's birthday party was at Hidden Canyon Park so we went over there for a bit and then went back home in preparation for the family BBQ. I stopped at the grocery store on my way home to pick up a few things, plus some cupcakes to surprise Jammer's Mom whose birthday is on Tuesday, July 27th. We got home and Jammer had been home for a little bit from work setting the toys up outside for the kids to play with. Everyone arrived around 6:30ish and the kids were in heaven playing with all the toys. We grilled some burgers and hot dogs. Time flew by so fast, we lit some candles, sang Happy Birthday to Jammer's Mom, ate dessert and then shortly after they had to leave. Tre was sad to see them go, he was having a lot of fun.

Sadly the fun with Jammer's family from Utah ended. Jammer's cousins and their kids are awesome people! Tre had a great time playing with everyone, even the adults, if you know and have been around Tre you know he has a tendency to enforce the get up and do something ruling and grab anyone by the hand and guide them to where he wants them to go. ;)

More pictures to be posted with Tre's 25 Month Post...