Uncles and Cousins, Oh My!

{Hello middle of the night blogging!  Third trimester body discomfort has set in.  But there are no complaints, just joy at the thought of this little one.  And I need to blog anyway!}

We had a family gathering over the weekend with the brothers.  J&J were generous to host us in their neck of the woods, and Maw & Paw were generous to put us up at a hotel with a pool!

I love any chance for the kids to have a faux breakout from winter in a pool.  :)

All the cousins pictured, apart from the one in my belly.  See sweet, snugly Sarah on Jessica's lap. :)

 Love even a blurry pic of this girl on the side of the pool!

 We had gorgeous weather and managed to dodge the recurrent snow storms.

The dogs chased the cat, Octopus, into this tree.  See him near the very top.

I set this as the wallpaper on my phone.  The bright blue sky is just what I need to see at this point in winter.

Esp remembering we were in Turks and Caicos this week last year!  

AHHH man, even just the pics get me! 

 There were Legos with Uncle Will.  Peter loved a partner in building too.

 We had a yummy dinner... 

 ...of ELK burgers!!  

I think, assume this is the one John shot when he was in CO in the fall.  I was hesitant at first, but JD reminded me that this meat is probably much "cleaner" than beef I'd buy at the store.  

It was really good!

 Elizabeth and Sarah... reminding me of the spacing of Peter and Lily.  This was my life.  :)

 Peter loved extra time with Paw.  We all kept threatening to pull those teeth.

 And we celebrated my birthday and ELIZABETH'S 2nd birthday with cake.

We really missed Mike and Emily!  But are glad they each had good weekends with other fun things going on.  Another highlight was an escape that Mom, Jessica, and I made (along with Sarah & Elizabeth) to go shopping.  I loved the extra time with the big & little girls for some retail therapy & lunch.
Holly, we missed you too!  You complete our family!  2 boys and 2 girls :)