We spent the Memorial Day holiday with my nephew and his bride, and their new baby, my Grand Nephew. We ate delicious burgers, played games, went for a walk, scrounged a casual dinner and watched the beginning of the third Hobbit movie.
A ‘quick’ game of Robo Rally with my niece and nephew.
It was a delightful day, much enjoyed. I managed to win all three of the games, although not without a certain amount of mercy when I forgot to take my entire turn (or took an obviously-foolish action). We played Robo Rally, Star Realms and the DC Comics Deck Building game — an excellent way to spend a day off.
John spent some quality time with Rachel, who sprained her ankle yesterday.
I needed to talk a walk before supper to earn some extra calories (and to make sure I don’t have to pay Daniel a forfeit for missing out on our exercise challenge). We did two laps around a nearby lake, and managed to put John to sleep (in spite of my wild driving). It has been a long time since I drove one of those stroller things.
A mostly-staged photo for the blog.
During the walk, there was much discussion about whether little John Mark was a second cousin or a cousin once-removed to my children. Fortunately, the interweb helped us understand that my kids (Joshua, for example) are cousins once-removed from Little John (as Joshua calls him). I removed Joshua into the underbrush to underscore the point.
We are so thankful to have Tim and Sunny and little John with us here in Washington!
Project 365, Day 145
Tim
Thanks to your posting and photos, I feel like I just had a little visit-once-removed with my son, daughter-in-law & grandson! Thank you!
I love John, my little cousin once removed!