Cousins come to town

Lizzie and Sara - Lizzie drove in from California with her six boys to attend the funeral of our Aunt Bonnie and enjoy some family time.

Let's see if I can name everyone. Left to right: Magnus, Denali, Diana, Sam, Penny, Douglas, Lizzie, Maxwell, Jude, Granny, Jesper, Anders, Sara, Soren, Jarem, Karsten, Ari, Oskar, Gideon.

11 boys, 3 girls

Diana playing with Karsten

Maxwell playing peekaboo with Diana. Do you like Diana's fake cry at the end?

Oskar and Jesper playing with the watermelon balls.

 Jude might be tired, but his hair has energy!

Grandpa cleaning off the trampoline for the kids.

Diana and Penny running circles.

 Boys being boys. Soren was sitting on one of the watermelon balls.

Anders and Soren - ice cream cones? Pfff.

 Everyone spent a beautiful day at the cabin where Jarem, Sara and their children reside.

 Diana, Jude, Magnus (aka "Paggy")

Paggy, Maxwell, Sara, Denali, Jarem, and Grandpa

Sam surrounded by children.

 Magnus, Penny, Diana, Jude

 Denali and Penny

 The Battleship game was a hit.

Soren, Ari, and Anders using the 3D printer.

Anders, Paggy, Sara, Oskar, Ari, Denali, Soren, Jarem, Gideon

 "I'm coming to tackle you!"

Lizzie and Sara

 Taking our traditional "kids-on-a-log" photo.

Do you see Oskar trying to get Gideon to smile?

Diana: "Um, Karsten, your hand is touching me."
Douglas: "If I have to hold this fake smile much longer . . . "
Oskar: "Come on, man, just smile!"
Gideon: "This is dumb."
Jude: "Yeah, I'm cool. I've got a snake wrapped around my wrist."

Goofy faces!

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A few more photos:

 Sam and Penny on the slide at the Ogden pool. Grandma, Kate, and Nate joined Sam and the kids.

 Douglas coming down the frog slide.

 Nate, Douglas, and Diana

 Diana loves the Ogden pool.

 Penny, Diana, and Douglas with their summer popsicles.

Princess Diana needs a new crown.

God Bless America! Independence Day 2020

 Sam took the kids to Grandma's house this weekend. They made this giant patriotic cookie with their Aunt Kate.

 Douglas, Kate, Penny

 Decorating their bikes with Grandma.

 Penny and Kate

 In this photo Penny is saying, "Go America, POW!"

 Small bike parade. Spencer, Jori and their children joined in the fun.

 What do you expect for a princess? Princess Diana rode in the carriage.

 Douglas and Penny riding down Grandma's road.

 Beautiful ladies! Diana and Sam

 Spencer (providing the water), Schofield, Penny, Douglas

 Spencer, Kate, Nate, and baby Harrison in the pool.

 Grandma asked Douglas, "What's on the end of my flag?" Douglas replied, without hesitation, "A bat."

Douglas and Schofield enjoying some ice cream.

Grandma playing with Harrison and Diana.

Kate and Diana

Camping out in Grandma's back yard.

Penny and Diana playing in the tent.

Penny

Schofield, Douglas, Diana, Penny

Nate, Kate, Clayton, and Spencer playing Spikeball.

Kate, Spencer, Jori, and Clayton playing Spikeball.

Penny, Douglas, and Schofield ready for the movie and fireworks.

Clayton brought his projector for the outdoor movie night.

Fireworks! Grandma helped Penny with her sparkler.

Douglas cautiously enjoying his sparkler.

Sam and Douglas

Jori and Spencer

Kate and Clayton

Jori, Harrison, Schofield, Spencer

Spencer

"America!"

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And here are a few other photos from this past week:

 Douglas, Diana, and Penny watched caterpillars transform into butterflies over the last few weeks. This week they released the butterflies.

 Diana and Penny eating cheese sticks.

 Douglas with his prize (a LEGO Gup-A - from Octonauts) for reading 30 books.

Douglas lost his first tooth.