A couple of weeks ago my cousin Beka, her husband Bill and their daughter Anika came for a visit.  Hailey was so excited that Anika was coming that she could hardly wait for her to get here!  I think they came for the 4 hottest days we have had all summer.  It was hot but we had fun anyways!

Here are some pictures of the fun we had together:

We started out at the zoo.  Brooke and Hailey enjoyed petting a goat.

The goats were a little bit pushy about getting their food so Hailey wasn’t able to feed them because they kept trying to jump on her.  The goats loved Rich!

Anika and Hailey heading off together.

Rich, Hailey and Brooke pose for a picture.

Rich, Hailey, Bill and Anika on the slides.

Anika and Hailey also spent some time swimming in my parents’ pool.  Afterwards they had a snack and drew with chalk on the patio.

Another day they played in the sprinkler over at our house.  It took them a few minutes to decide whether or not they liked the sprinkler.  As you can see Hailey decided she loved it.

Anika and Hailey playing in the sprinkler.

My dad had to go out and buy the girls a little wading pool to play in- and they loved it!

We had lots of fun together.  When Beka and I were younger we spent lots of time together and I have lots of fun memories from our times together.  I hope that Hailey and Anika will be able to make lots of happy memories together too!

If you missed the first part of our vacation pictures- you can see Part 1 here.

Here are more pictures from our trip to visit Mike, Matt and Ellie.

One night we went to a baseball game.  We were able to meet up with my cousin Lisa and her husband and family.  Rich and Hailey are walking with two of Lisa’s girls- Christy and Lauren.

The Zooperstars were at the game, which Hailey loved!

Lauren, Christy and Hailey.

Hailey watching her first baseball game.  I was worried about how she would do- I thought after about 5 minutes she’d be bored and getting into trouble.  But she did great!  I think having some cousins there to keep her company definitely helped.

Christy and Hailey

The next night we celebrated Mike’s birthday.  Hailey is having a little talk with Uncle Mike.

Mike and his cake.

We also went to a nearby park- and Hailey loved the swings.

And of course, the slides.

Later Hailey went swimming at Uncle Mike’s.

Hailey and Uncle Matt enjoy the water.

Hailey gets a swimming lesson from Pa.

On our last evening Hailey convinced Uncle Matt and “Uncle” Ellie that a game of Ring Around the Rosie was necessary.

Here we all are.

Thanks to Mike, Matt and Ellie for hosting all of us!  We had a great time!

(And I have to mention, just because I need to keep track, Hailey had her first ear infection while we were on our trip.)

I know it has taken me forever to get these posted.  I am busy trying to get things unpacked and there just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day to get everything done.  Plus, we didn’t have internet until Wednesday.

Anyhoo- here are some pictures from our fun trip to visit my brothers Mike and Matt and my sister-in-law Ellie.

Hailey waited patiently for everyone to get the car packed and ready to go.

Hailey is holding her “baby cow” and feeding it a bottle.  It’s a cow that was probably Mike and Matt’s when they were little.  She has fallen in love with this cow and dresses it up and brings it everywhere.  I’m sure Mike and Matt never imagined that for the cow when they were playing with it.  Ha!  It kept her happy for a while in the car.

And I was happy when she did this in the car!  She was really good in the car- if anything I may have been more antsy than she was.

When we arrived at Matt and Ellie’s house I got to meet my new nephew Brady- isn’t he a cutie!

We visited a duck pond and Hailey and Brady watched the ducks swimming.

Sharing a secret.

Hailey sitting quietly- this doesn’t happen very often.

Watching the ducks

Hailey loved watching all of the ducks.

Hailey fed the ducks for a while too- she thought this was great.

My Little Miss.

I have more pictures to share- but I have to get back to work… so I’ll be back soon to post more pictures.

We had a wonderful 4th of July!  We were able to spend the weekend with some family from out of town and it was so much fun.  We were able to see my Aunt Gladys and Uncle Dave as well as my cousin Vicki and her three kids- Lucas, Caleb and Danielle.

Hailey was thrilled to meet Danielle.  She wanted to hold her constantly.

And of course, Hailey had lots of kisses for Danielle.

Hailey read Danielle some books- and Danielle seemed to enjoy the stories!

Lucas and Caleb let Hailey play the Wii with them- or at least let her think she was playing.

Caleb and Hailey enjoyed watching some movies together.

Hailey and Danielle posed in their 4th of July outfits.

Hailey was excited to be able to feed Danielle!

Hailey and Uncle Dave were the first ones ready for church on Sunday, so they read some books while they waited for the rest of us.

After church Hailey loved listening to Caleb read her a book.

Later on Hailey, Lucas and Caleb were all in Hailey’s play house.

On Monday the kids were able to do a little swimming.  The water is still pretty cold but they had fun anyways.

Lucas enjoyed floating in the pool.

Hailey tried to make sure she held onto this ball the entire time she was in the pool.

Caleb posed for a quick picture.

Hailey loved being in the pool.

Since we’re still in the middle of moving all of our stuff is in my parents garage.  We couldn’t get to Hailey’s bathing suit or her swim diapers- so she had to wear clothes and a pull-up.  Do you know what happens when a pull-up gets wet?

I was afraid it might fall apart, but actually it just swells up to a huge size.

The kids enjoyed lunch on the patio and then we had to say good-bye.  It was lots of fun to get to see our family that we don’t get to see nearly enough.  We had a blast!