My brother and his family arrived safely on Monday. After a very long day for them, they were pretty tuckered out by the time we arrived at my sister in law's parents house and were just going to lay low for the rest of the evening and try to go to bed early.
We came back home and hung out for the evening with our LSV friends and enjoyed some good food, conversation, and fireworks. It turned out to be a great evening.
On Tuesday, my brother and his kids came over to spend the afternoon with us. We all went up to the pool and had a great time. It was great to see the kids playing together. The last time the kids saw each other was Thanksgiving 2009. Boy..... have the kids grown! Noah is going into 7th grade; Kirby 5th, and Leia 3rd. Although we miss having my brother and his family closeby, it appears that they enjoy living in CA. Hopefully, someday they will find their way back to the East coast. I had the luxury growing up of having family and cousins closeby and I have SO many wonderful memories of family reunions, holidays, birthdays, etc.... I always wished the same for my kids. Unfortunately, our socity has become so transient that the family has become spread out, from VT and ME, all the way over to CA. I just fear that the kids miss out on some wonderful opportunities to grow up with their cousins. We just have to make the most of the time we do get to share together.
For now, we will enjoy the time we have with them during the next 10 days. My parents fly into town tomorrow and will stay until the 17th, we will all be busy going to and fro.
Lots of memories will be created and photos will be taken at every opportunity.
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