Meet Cocoa

She's a sweetie--can't help but just cuddle her...and if you're a kid, run around and play with her all day--along with cuddling her  =) 

Up North for the 4th

 Okay, these loaded backwards so we'll start at the end...?! ;-)  Sunday pic of all cousins together

 James putting the squirt gun to use watering the flowers

 One of the fish Jake caught

 Lots of water time!

 Meri on the fishing boat

 Jake ready to fish

 This was his favorite with the squirt guns,

 He was undecided about the water, we'd ask him if he wanted to go in and "no, don't like it".  We'd bring him in and he'd kick around and have fun.  But this game with Gramma Ruth was a hit...Pushing rocks into the water with his bulldozer.

 Parade on the 4th.  Girls watching the horses

 Boys waiting for candy!

We left EARLY.  I saw the sunrise!!!!  It was prettier than it looks, the sun was a glowing red ball.  Beautiful!

We had such a fun time, great to be WITH everybody, just amazed again at how FAST it went!  Let's do it again next month ;-)