Ben had an absolute blast with his eight cousins.
Here, he and Sarah were playing some sort of kamikaze grocery-cart game, which naturally ended in tears.One day, Nana, Tyler's sister, Amanda and her two oldest girls, and I hit the big city for a wonderful production of The Sound of Music, leaving the men folk in charge. Well of course that meant a day of fun on a frozen lake!
And not just any lake, mind you, but the one that sits in the backyard of Nana and Papa's new (to them) lakehouse!
Ben may have needed a little time to adjust to the wind, temperatures, and "minorly" restrictive outdoor gear, but he soon found it to be the winter paradise that his dad was telling him it would be!
They have all the space, equipment and toys necessary for a really good time...
even Ben's lovey enjoyed a wintery ride on the skido!On a quieter day, Ben and Nana painted rocks. 
And on the farthest thing from a quiet day, we took the whole gang to Chuck E. Cheese! 
Ben pocketing his loot!
Cheek to cheek with Auntie Amanda
Look at Tyler, just making sure Ben has fun. :)
And we learned that Adam and Amanda's minivan safely holds six children,
and that Tyler looks good driving one!
Speaking of looking good, check out Ben in Papa's new Christmas hat!
Ear warmers AND a headlamp?! Who could ask for anything more?
I enjoyed catching up with the nieces and nephews,
and trying to catch up on their technologically advanced Christmas presents, like Kalyssa's Leapster here.
And Santa found Ben all the way up in Canada too!
Gift unwrapping is definitely a group effort.
And aren't Nana and Papa smart for telling Santa that Ben needed to get his first hockey net on his visit up north?
Uncle Adam was happy to help set it up. Yay for "hawhee!"
It was a great week with wonderful family,
What focus! Little Picasso.
And on the farthest thing from a quiet day, we took the whole gang to Chuck E. Cheese!
Well that's one way to do it...
Ben pocketing his loot!
Cheek to cheek with Auntie Amanda
Look at Tyler, just making sure Ben has fun. :)But we also made room for some downtime
And we learned that Adam and Amanda's minivan safely holds six children,
and that Tyler looks good driving one!Speaking of looking good, check out Ben in Papa's new Christmas hat!
Ear warmers AND a headlamp?! Who could ask for anything more?I enjoyed catching up with the nieces and nephews,
and trying to catch up on their technologically advanced Christmas presents, like Kalyssa's Leapster here.And Santa found Ben all the way up in Canada too!
Gift unwrapping is definitely a group effort.And aren't Nana and Papa smart for telling Santa that Ben needed to get his first hockey net on his visit up north?
Uncle Adam was happy to help set it up. Yay for "hawhee!"It was a great week with wonderful family,
2 comments:
What an amazing winter wonderland! So many fun family moments were captured. Hard to pick a fave! I love the intense expression on Luke's face in that last picture as he's explaining whatever that thing is to Ben! Hey I had girls and there's a lot to learn about boys!
So much fun! And all the kids are so cute. I haven't been on a frozen lake in forever...how fun it would be to skate around. :) Love all the pictures. Especially Ben stashing his tickets. :)
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