cousin curt

my cousin, curt, came to visit a couple weeks ago.

we had not seen him for four years, since john was a baby.

it was so fun having him here, felt like he had always been here -

he's so easy to get along with and so helpful with everything.

here he is playing 'toothpick' with the kids on mother's day,
did i mention he's great with kids?

curt and i were always close cousins growing up - he always looked out for me.
he was the one who would help me out on our family traveling adventures.
he encouraged me and made me feel safe in new situations on those trips.
reaching out for my hand when a big wave came and i was scared,
like a really nice older brother.

i hope that one of my kids can be like this someday with a younger cousin.
since there will be quite an age gap between the older ones.
i think curt and i are about 8 years apart,
and actually he's the youngest cousin we have on my dad's side.
let's just say he's awesome, and we were so glad to have him around for a few days.
we hope that someday in the future he might move here, that would be so fun!

life has been extremely crazy busy these last few weeks, hence the lack of blogging.
hope to catch up on all the new stuff going on around here soon...