Higgins World: Cousins Weekend!

I found this cute sign while the girls went out Saturday - how perfect for the weekend!

On and off for the past few years, my sister (her family) and I have met up with our two first Naylor cousins and their families for a weekend, generally in February. Last time we did the 'cousins' weekend, Naylor was about 5 months old... Now we see each other a ton throughout the year, but we haven't done the cousins weekend, so at Christmas we decided it was time again and this past weekend was the weekend to do it. I offered to host it at our house since we are very kid friendly and kind of in the middle of everyone... well, kind of - Leslie and Jason live in south Charlotte, so they have a drive!

Everyone arrived Friday night and we just hung out, ate some pizza and chilled at home. Saturday morning we had a big breakfast and lounged and around nap time once the kids were down, the girls headed out to do some shopping. We hit up a few boutiques just to browse and then made our way to the Flea Market at the Fair Grounds. The weather was gorgeous and it was just a perfect afternoon to be outside. In the meantime, the guys were home with the kids and took them outside for some playing and set up the cooking gear for our dinner.

Brian and I had made plans to make some jalapeno poppers on the grill (cream cheese stuffed jalapenos that are wrapped in bacon) as well as frying up some chicken wings along with some macaroni and cheese (I had one left from Gwen stocking the freezer for me!). Just before we started cooking, Robert Ashley and Taylor showed up and got in on the action too. After the kids were all put to bed, the guys played a few rounds of poker and after that we played Catch Phrase.

Nothing huge on the agenda, but we certainly ate very well, a little hydration and LOTS of laughs! We all had a great time and were all so amazed by how great the kids did - no one went to time out, no hitting or biting - amazing! We definitely have plans to continue the tradition hopefully sometime between Christmas and Memorial Day each year. We sure are blessed to have such a great family that is so close and loves spending time together.