Road trip for Rylan

We took a half day off of work on Friday to take a mini vacation to Moorhead to visit our newest nephew, Rylan.  It's not often you get to snuggle a 7 lb little person all weekend so the long drive and bad traffic were well worth it.  He's so cute!

We had adjoining rooms with the Sievers at the Holiday Inn in Fargo.  The hotel had a huge pool with a pirate ship and water slides so we spent the weekend hanging out with the Nickolays, having picnic meals, going out to eat, adventuring on 'nature' walks inside the hotel, and swimming (until a code brown - not our kids - shut down the pool Saturday night - that's all I'll say about that).  Traveling together we're quite the crowd - 6 adults and 6 kids 4 years old and under but the kids were good and we all had a blast.

Miles and Hadley were the sweetest cousins - they love hugging and playing with all of their cousins and they were so gentle and caring with Rylan.  They LOVED holding him.

Splashing in the pool

My little fish loved the water

Is this not the sweetest thing?

Oldest and youngest cousins - Miles takes his role very seriously - he's such a good boy

First photo with all 6!

This was the first time Bradyn held Ry too

So proud of my little brother

No, we're not all on a Mexican vacation together - we're just partying it up at Mexican Village!  The whole crew.

With everyone talking about holding the baby Corey and Miles joked around and Corey pretended to hold baby Miles.

We got home from a fun weekend and we unpacked and are doing laundry.  I also made refrigerator pickles, 2 loaves of zucchini bread and a double batch of pesto.

The kids say so many funny things - here's only the ones from tonight, once we were home, that I remember:

• Miles:  Mike was talking about hair..."I don't want to shave my face.  Mom, will you help me do it?"
• Hadley:  Speaking of hair..."Daddy you have grass in your nose."
• Bradyn:  Janelle texted that he was talking to himself, trying to go to sleep tonight... "I want Auntie Sarah and Mike too.  I go swimming in pool.  Bradyn ready.  No night night.  Come on Auntie.  Go walk."