Cousins!

Uncle Gregg and Auntie Sunshine came down from Utah for a summer vacation with Zeke and Jeremiah. With Aunite Elizabeth and her family, we had quite the party going! We BBQ'ed a prime rib, went on a fishing trip and to Magic Mountain, and played in the water. Maksim had his first sleepover when all the kids spent the night in the tent in the backyard. Two boys ended up sleeping inside on the floor instead. All weekend, he kept yelling "Fun!" over and over. What a silly, cute and wonderful boy.



All that excitement did kinda freak him out a bit. He couldn't go to sleep the night after going to his first theme park. And boy, was mom ready for bed. It was a great amount of excitement. Maksim got overwhelmed a couple of times but well within toddler limits - but he did AWESOME! Here are a few pictures of all the fun.

Maks loved the big furry characters walking around - especially Sylvester. He wanted to pet him. I think he thought he was a real kitty-kat.


That was right before he bolted off down the sidewalk with Jeremiah. It took Mom about 1 minute to finally catch him. A nice man jumped in front of Maks and held up his hands to stop. The natural consequence for running away from Mama and Papa is a little strict, don't you think?? Yikes!

Maksim wanted to ride on the Tweety Bird spin you around make you kick thing. So we put him in the cage. He wasn't thrilled and Papa ended up in the cage, too.

Finger Painting

Uncle Dave and Ireland
Pine Cones.

Mama and Papa sure love their little guy. He is the most amazing thing ever.