Weekend with cousins

Last weekend Mike's cousin Alma and his family came to visit us from North Carolina. We cleared out the basement for them and enjoyed having company despite having a chaotic home. We went into the city on Saturday morning. We parked at Lincoln center and walked across the street to the temple in Manhattan. It was really neat to visit the temple even though they don't really have temple grounds or a visitors center.

Here is Alma, Susan, Brigitta, Teagun and Phoebe across the street from the temple. I snapped a picture of them as we waitied for the light to change.



We only went into the lobby to escape the wind and take a quick picture.

We were still lived in Auburn, WA when this temple was dedicated.

After passing by the temple, we walked down the block to Central Park. The kids had a great time exploring and even found an unusual tree to climb on. It looked as if the tree had somehow fallen over at some point and continued to grow in a laying down position. It made for the perfect tree climb.


The kids found a massive rock to climb around on. They were playing all sorts of games. Phoebe found a perfect little niche in the rock and pretended it was her bed. Aaron enjoyed rolling pebbles down the steep side of the rock. And Connor and Brigitta were having a great time exploring the rock.

Connor thoroughly enjoyed having cousins to play with and asked when we would see them again. We told them that they live far away but maybe we would get the chance to see them again soon. The following day, Aaron reminded me that he didn't get to watch Stuart Little 2 with Dad's cousins. Both the boys were sad to have such a short visit. Makes me wish we were closer to family to get more playtime with cousins! Just check out Connor's smile.

After strolling through Central Park, we ventured on to the Museum of Natural History. What a great place to visit! Aaron was a tiny bit nervous at first because he's seen Night at the Museum and thought visiting the museum would be something like the movie. But he quickly got over his scepticism and enjoyed seeing the similiarities between the movie and the real museum. We spent just a few hours there and didn't even see half of it. This will definitely be a place that we come back to again and again. (Thanks PwC!)