COUSINS!!

Last week Grandma Jane, Aunt Melanie, and Cousins Kirsten and Brielle came to North Dakota to visit.  Landon and Madilyn waited for WEEKS for them to come!

The girls had a sleepover every night!!  Then Madilyn would wake them up at 7 AM and stayed busy all day everyday!! 

We went school shopping, got Madilyn's hair cut, and had a picnic at the park all on the first day!!

We've been doing some new car thinking.  We were leaning towards and Equinox/Acadia.  After a day in Melanie's Equinox I decided its not going to work for us. I LOVED it and wished that it would. But...if we are going to be traveling for every Christmas and keep our family growing there just won't be enough room!! I was VERY sad. I don't want a huge suburban!! BUT, the Equinox

DID.NOT.LIKE.ME.

 Every time I tried to nurse in the car the alarm went off!! The first time all I did was open the door with the key!!  The second time I tried to get out while it was locked!! Good thing Grandma came with the keys!  We hung out in the trunk while Melanie finished up at Walmart!

But...mostly we hung out around the house...

making treats...

and playing outside!!

and getting as much of Grandma as we could!!

We showed everyone that we can climb the tree!!

So they wanted to try too!!

Grandma always buys us

CANDY!

We ate LOTS of meals together!! 

 It was always a race to see who could finish first

and what place everyone came in after that!! 

I made Madilyn a dress and skirt for school while everyone was here.  Since cousins were here I whipped up some matching skirts for all of them!

Landon felt left out because he couldn't have a skirt,

but he thought he ought to at least be in the picture!!

Thanks Nielson's for coming with Grandma! 

 We loved the company and hope you had a great time!!