Tidbits: Ampersand, part 4

Of course, the best part of being at Ampersand is simply all the time we get to spend with immediate and extended family. As shy as my boys might be at first, they quickly learn to bask in all of the extra attention :)

I'm sure I've said it before, but my parents are so wonderful and such a blessing - not only to me, but to my sons. The love goes both ways, and it is always a privilege for me to get to sit back and enjoy my children from a bit of a distance, as they interact with their grandparents.

The face of jealousy (or betrayal). This picture cracks me up. Nana was doing her usual "this is the way the lady rides..." with Kaeden, which she does with all of her grandsons... Kaeden is loving it, but apparently Atticus did not approve of Nana's cheating ways :)

And speaking of grandparents, here are some of my own grandmother. I am so glad she has these opportunities to get to know my boys, and vice versa.

The 4 generation photo has grown quite a bit this year!

Even though we see them quite often when we're not on vacation, we soaked up all the extra time with cousin Atticus (and Auntie & Uncle Bret of course!)

The babes had plenty of photo-shoot worthy matching outfits:

They did lots of pulling up & cruising practice together:

... walks in the double stroller (thankfully we had a net to keep all the flies off!):

...and I got some special one-on-one time with Atticus, which is pretty rare when my boys are around!

sweet kisses for Auntie Lucia!

An attempt at a cousins photo shoot... this was the best we could get of the 3 of them, but with some cropping, we got a couple cute pair ones

This is by far my favorite of the three of them from this trip, though :) Classic!

Of course, there was plenty of other family around too and we loved getting to spend some extended time with them as well!

Kaeden & Uncle Dain

My cousin, Uncle Pat, had a good bit of fun with the kiddos as well. Love you, Uncle Pat!

And, of course, there are plenty of other great photos, so to conclude this Ampersand series, here are some extras :)

As soon as we arrived, Kaeden was in full out explore & pull up mode. Where did he end up? Under the table, of course!

Atticus liked it pretty well under there too!

Atticus loved his box rides, so we decided to let Kaeden have a try. He wasn't quite as enthusiastic, but he tried to be brave :)

Playing some pool...

(sort of)

Ryan really enjoyed riding in the "OJ" ("Orange Jeep", original, I know!) so our final day, we decided to drive all the way around the lake and Kaeden conked right out!