Cousins Kid Swap

This week has been a crazy week of cousin kid swapping, ha ha… My sister, Priscilla, masterminded this opportunity for our girls to attend a horse camp in Lynchburg, Virginia while our younger boys participated in baseball camp and swim lessons...



We enjoyed a weekend all together first...
 At the park….




 Pelicans' snow balls...






 Sunday evening we relaxed before Tony and James headed to StudentLife Camp in Birmingham, AL… A little Uncle Tone-Tone time...

 Monday swim lessons...
 and baseball camp….

 Meanwhile, the girls loving horse camp….


 Monday evening we enjoyed old friends - Rick & Denise Morton with their crew - over for dinner….


 Tuesday afternoon we walked (the big boys rode bikes) for another round of snow balls...



 Wednesday, the sun finally came out!






 We decided to go to the pool after lunch...







I tried to wear them out, but as we all know, it usually backfires… I was exhausted and they seemed to get more wired up?!.  
Movie time: Planes Fire & Rescue
 Chicfila fun...

 Apparently, sisters think alike… Priscilla texted me this picture around the same time… ha.

The week's not over yet… 
grateful…
making memories...

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