Visiting Cousins

We were lucky enough to have Reid's sister Kristi and her family come to visit us for a couple of days.  They arrived around dinner time on Wednesday the 20th and Kai was so excited!  He quickly made friends with his cousin, Owen, who is also 4 years-old.  Thursday the 21st was mainly spent playing at the house.  Unfortunately we were awful hosts and totally slept in, and then Kai got sick.  So our day was pretty much shot.  We did try to go to Garden of the Gods in the afternoon but got rained out.  It turned into just a really long car ride instead.

Finally on Friday the 22nd we got ourselves organized and headed to the zoo.  We had a great time and I'll admit that it was probably my best visit to our local zoo ever.  We saw more animals in their cages than I can ever recall seeing.  We spent a good 4 and 1/2 hours covering every inch of the zoo and eating lunch, too.  It was a good day and we were in good company.  Kai had moments where he enjoyed playing with Ethan more, and then it would switch to Owen or Bryn.  He really loved all of his cousins and he just kept saying how cute Isaac was.  Kai would have loved for his cousins to stay forever, but unfortunately they had to leave bright and early on Saturday the 23rd.  He sure missed them that day and it was certainly a dull day compared to the previous two.  Here's to hoping that we see them again soon!

Kai and Owen

Our family

Kristi's family

Kai loves to show his friends his love by holding hands
(I think I'm going to be in big trouble when he's a teenager!)

At one point Finn thought it'd be more fun to ride in the double stroller with
Isaac than in his own stroller.

Reid

Finn loved standing here in front of the gorillas.  He threw a fit until I took him back and this is where he finished off his day.

Saying goodbye at the end of a long day