Post-Reunion/4th of July

After the official reunion was over, my older sister Vanessa stayed with my parents for another week and a half.  We loved having them here and were sad to see them leave.

We went to Oxbow park with them.  I believe they are looking at the wolves here (there was one sitting down really close to the fence - he was huge!).

Ann always seems to love running and climbing on rocks like this

Poor baby.  It was hot and humid out that day.  Right after I took this picture, I gave him some water to drink and he perked right up

Ann saying that she didn't want to feed the goats like her cousins were taking turns doing

Watching the bison in their field

There were two young babies in the group!  It was fun watching them follow their mothers around.

Ian playing with the cousins at my parents' house

My sister has four boys and they all loved Ian!  They had fun playing with Ann too of course, but they all seemed to especially love this little baby boy :)

Fourth of July!  I couldn't get Ann to look at the camera

Sweet boy

More cousin love

Setting off fireworks that afternoon.  Apparently Ann thought they were a little loud (which they were).

Aunt Vanessa kept Ian company during the fireworks fun.  Though Ian didn't like the loud noises and started to cry.

Sparklers (though it's a lot harder to see them sparkle during the day...oh well)

My mom set this candle behind the buckets so the wind wouldn't blow it out

My sweet girl

A favorite activity - Ann and some of the boys would "race" back and forth across my parents' backyard.  They would run, jump, crawl, etc.

Playing with the baby toys

My parents have kept the baby toys in that lower cabinet.  Ian knows exactly where they are and often crawls over and opens the doors so he can play.

Phew!  Finally got all of our reunion related pictures done!  I still have some other pictures (mostly from Ian's birthday) to post and then I'll be all caught up.  Hopefully I can get to that sooner than later!