Cousins

My Cousin Sara lives here in Austin and we absolutely love having her family close by.  They have done so much for us as we have adjusted here and we are very grateful, such a blessing. A few weeks ago Sara and Dan made a trip to Utah to visit their daughter, Amy, at BYU for her birthday.  Little did we know that the real purpose of the trip was to have Amy's boyfriend ask for Dan's permission to marry his daughter.  Pretty eventful trip for all. Congrats Amy!  We got to stay home with the rest of their kids while they were away and had a great time. The girls were estatic to be able to spend hours upon end with their cousins.  We played games, made food and went on some cool nature walks around the area.  They are awesome kids and really helpful.  Gratefully everyone was alive and well when the parents arrived back home, even the dog.  The only fatality was the fence.  We had a huge wind storm pass through knocking out their back fence.  Opps. 

We love having family nearby.

 Kate was cold and Jared offered his coat... So CUTE!

  The girls were in heaven playing  'beauty parlor' and we had some 'fun' with it too.

I think the car might be a bit small Jared.

Outlet shopping.  (The outlets are 10 min. away.) Dangerous.

Lindsay making tortillas...she's a pro.

 Jared found the Utah version of Monopoly.  I felt pretty cool when I bought the Great Salt Lake.

  

This kid was offering free foot massages.  Like I said, this family is awesome.