Lexi

Last weekend Ally and I headed to Oroville to visit with Steve's family.  Unfortunately Steve couldn't come, he had to go back to work.   

Steve's Aunt Judy and her daughter Kim all came into town.  Judy and Lori drove up from San Diego and Kim and her family flew down from Seattle.  It was fun to see everyone again and it was fun to watch Allyson and Lexie meet each other. 

I know this picture isn't that great, but they look so cute.

I've always been confused about first cousins second cousins etc, especially since on my mom's side of the family my first cousins are my mom's age and their children are my age, I never knew exactly how we were related so I always just stuck with "we are cousins".

Thanks to The Pioneer Woman, who was as confused as I was, she explained it in a way I could understand!

Basically, it’s like this:

If you share a grandfather, you’re first cousins.
If you share a great-grandfather, you’re second cousins.
If you share a great-great grandfather, you’re third cousins.

Then there’s the whole once-removed thing.

If you share a grandfather, you’re first cousins. If your first cousin has a child, that child is your first cousin once-removed.
If you share a great-grandfather, you’re second cousins. If your second cousin has a child, that child is your second cousin once-removed.

All of this to figure out Lexie and Allyson are second cousins (they share the same great-grandparents).

These two girls had so much fun together.  From the minute they met Allyson took it upon herself to lead Lexie all around, this continued all weekend.  They were so cute together, and Lexie was a good a good sport to put up with it.

Cousin Bath Time

Ally woke up on Sunday and asked "Where's my cousin?" because she wasn't up yet.  She missed her. Then she couldn't remember Lexie's name, when I told her she said "oh yeah yeah Wexie".

All dressed up ready to go to Lexie's birthday party (she turned 2!).

The birthday party was at my favorite park, River Bend Park.  The girls were more than happy to run and play in the splash pad.  I didn't bring a swimsuit for Ally but we had extra clothes.

These two had so much fun running around like crazy until Ally slipped and skinned her knee.  There were some major tears and the water fun was over.

The three second cousins Lexi, Ally and Addison.  Don't you love the kid sized picnic table? 

Allyson even lead Addison around.  Addison was so sweet to go along with her, she is 4 and wasn't sure about it.

After a delicious BBQ lunch it was time for cake and presents.  

These girls partied hard and were worn out by the end of the party.  It was fun to visit and catch up with  family and watch the kids have fun together.