Knight cousins

Since Rachel turned 8, she is now old enough to get baptized. In our stake they do stake baptisms the 4th Saturday of the month, which, lucky for us, meant her baptism would fall on Thanksgiving weekend. It was nice because almost all of our families would be able to come. Only one aunt had to work the day before and after Thanksgiving, so she was the only one who couldn't make it. (We missed you, Lisa!) 

The Seattle Knights were able to come a week early, and we let Rachel and Annie miss a half day of school and a full day of school of their choosing to spend time with cousins while they were here. Rachel got to go on a hike with them. Annie went to the Children's Museum. We got in many visits to various parks. We went to Chuck E Cheese. We had a picnic/bike riding adventure at a park and celebrated B's and Rachel's birthdays.

At the park Megan assumes the position.

 Her hair is her comfort blanket. Whenever she drinks milk or water or juice she'll hold her cup with one hand, her hair with the other. This is also how she falls asleep.

Annie was not into the idea of going bike riding. She was happy to play on the playground the whole time. She has gotten really good at doing the monkey bars.

 Digging for worms in our garden is a favorite pastime.

 Megan was fascinated with baby Sammy.

 She did NOT like to share her toys with him, but as long as her favorite toys weren't involved she thought he was pretty cool.

 We're so glad they could come visit for a couple weeks and spend Thanksgiving and Rachel's baptism with us. We've got a couple more days to cram in a little more cousin fun before they head back to Washington.