oh my...

said by zander "uncle tim uncle tim!" me - "its uncle chris zander"
"uncle chris! I love you..." WHAM!!!! zander runs in the side view mirror on the van....
oh i love him.

my oldest brother Chris and his family is visiting from michigan right now. i am pooped already but i LOVE watching the kids play together. Chris and Jen have four boys - 8, 6, 4, and almost 2. so it's a lot of kids together. we went to the beach yesterday which was fun....but exhausting! it takes three hours to get sand off of children. and then weirdly enough, even after baths, two days later, i am still finding sand in jade's neck folds. GROSS! fat babies, gotta love 'em. today we played at my parents house and then went to a park. it's just so fun to watch all 6 of the boys playing together (poor jade she was busy spitting up down the front of my mother!). there is just true joy in watching little boys tear up a playground with sweat dripping down their faces. they can barely stop for water! except for my son zander who thought he should stick his entire mouth around the spicket. he's determined to die of a communicable disease. then they danced in the outdoor theater to "there's a party in my tummy, so yummy, so yummy." truly hilarious to see. i love my family. times like this makes me wish we had cousins closer. but i'm blessed with my precious small group and their lovely children to fill that void! love you guys!