Getting ready to go

We're heading home tomorrow (if we don't miss our flight again!), and I'm trying to post more pictures from our two weeks here. Sorry about the low resolution on these.

Silliness with cousins

I still have a lot of photos of August and Leif and the cousins to share, even though they left a week ago. I have a feeling it will take a while to get them all posted.

Shenanigans in the backyard on the nicest day so far this spring.

My favorite part of this series is watching how August gets engaged and starts jumping with us:

August at the Air Zoo

So, we're supposed to be back home in Stockholm now, but we missed our flight (James's flight from Portland to Chicago was delayed 5 hours, arriving just after our international flight left). So we have another few days in Kalamazoo, as the first flight we could get back home is on Monday.

Last week Grandma and Grandpa took all the kiddos (and Uncle Ben) to the Air Zoo while I drove to Indiana to visit my dear friend Sabrina.

Going on the Ferris wheel with Uncle Ben and Gwenn:

Just running around:

Happy Easter!

On Sunday morning, we did a little Easter egg hunt with August. Grandma gave him a basket, I hid the eggs, and off he went. He had so much fun finding eggs, and then just as much fun eating the chocolate and stuffing the coins into his pocket.

August hasn't yet learned that chocolate melts in your hand if you grip it too tightly.

The day before Easter we went to my Aunt Jill's house, where my cousins and their kids did an Easter egg hunt.

Here's August hunting for Easter eggs:

Cousin time

Both boys, and especially August, are enjoying their time with cousins. Ben and his kids left today, but we'll have more time with my cousins and their kids in the next few days. 

Cousin love

We're in Michigan visiting my family, and we're so busy with kids--and exhausted from the flight and jet lag--that blogging hasn't really been on my mind. But I'll try to get a few pictures up in the next week anyway. 

11 months - Are these two related?

Many thanks to Bridget for passing this photo along of cousin Grace (when Grace was much younger). I guess it's the Elliott in them both that makes them scream with such joy.