July Revisted: All Cousins Sleepover!

This was our second All Cousins Sleepover that we hosted.
The last one was a few years ago and minus Kyle, who was a baby.
I brought them all to McDonalds for pancakes last time
and none of them were old enough to cut up their own pancakes.
Cutting up 8 pancake meals on those styrofoam plates took forever!



This year's All Cousins Sleepover was bittersweet.
My brother's sweet family moved to Colorado this summer.
A place where Jason and his wife dreamed of moving one day.
Three of those cute kids up there are his.
One of them looks just like his daddy so much
that when I see him I'm flooded with memories of my brother when he was younger! 

I was smarter this sleepover than last.
Instead of taking them all to McDonalds for breakfast....
I scheduled a hair appointment for 8:00 am on Saturday morning
and left Uncle Dave to make them all pancakes at home!
Although they are all big enough now to cut up their own pancakes.

The sleepover was memorable.

Lots and lots of laughs.

One last 24 hours for all those boys to play together.
And, one last night for the girls to stay up late giggling and sharing secrets.

The boys trying to look like tough skateboarders.
They aren't fooling anyone.

Those are the sweetest boys around!

And to make the sleepover even more memorable....

I thought it would be fun to take the kids toilet papering
to Grandpa and Grandma's house! 

It was a first for some of them and they were crazy excited!
My sister joined me to help with driving.

We drove with windows down and music blaring.
Then snuck up quietly to their home.
And, proceeded to TRASH it!

And then got caught!
But Grandpa and Grandma didn't make us pick it up.
They said they wanted all the neighbors to see how popular they were!!