Fun filled COUSINS!

We have been so blessed with such great support from our families! Derek and Will had a fabulous month. It started out the end of February with a visit from the Shupes. It was Ash, Ry, Ryley and Trevor's first trip to KC since we've been here. We loved having them. They got here on Will's birthday and we were able to spend some fun time together.

Derek and Ryley at the ice rink with Clifford.

D at the Wizard of Oz display

Ash and I working on Will's cake


With the kids at the chocolate factory. So fun!

The kiddos in the wagon at the Independence LDS Visitors Center...love D's intense look while he is trying to "play" with baby Trevor.

Will, driving the wagon with Ryley and Derek bringing up the rear.

Then we took a super fun trip to Texas and were able to spend time with Clara and Sylvia, their cousins that live in Beaumont. The boys loved seeing them, it had been too long! I'll write a seperate post on our TX trip.



We got home from Texas and the Poelmans came out from Colorado. Tawna made the drive with her 6 and then Mike flew out Friday night to join us for a few days. We had a great time celebrating Isaac's birthday with a trip to Build-a Bear, going to the Shatto Dairy farm, the chocolate factory, just taking walks and being together.

Will had a blast playing outside with his cousins. We couldn't tear him away from playing on the swingset with Brooke and Ella.

Z...happy it is his birthday!

D...petting the baby cow just a couple weeks old.

Mat and the kids playing after our picnic

The whole gang after our chocolate tour

Brooke and Ells spent much of their week training the dog :)

It was Spring Break in Denver so we were lucky to have the Williams come the next day after Poelman's left. It was so fun for the boys to have all these cousins to play with, I felt like I didn't see them for the whole week. We had a great time dying Easter Eggs, having an early egg hunt, shopping, eating BBQ, going to movies and just hanging out. They got stuck here due to a snowstorm in Denver that then headed to KC, the older girls especially were pretty bored but we loved all being together!

Dying Easter eggs with the Williams

The rest of the fam

Everyone before the big hunt!

Will, refused to put anything in his net but his car. No eggs were allowed. He had to stuff all of them in the pocket of his sweatshirt. It was classic!

D, loving playing with his cousin Aby.