Ode To Bella

One thing (there are many more) that I LOVE about Rusty's family is the importance they put on extended family, and especially cousins. They have taught me that all plans need to be altered if there is a cousin coming to town or an event to celebrate a cousin. I love this and am learning to follow suit.

Bella is our 8-year-old cousin from St. Louis. She has come a couple of times in the last few months and we were lucky enough to have some sleep-overs with her. I guess by the comments that my kids have made this last week, Bella made quite a GOOD impression at our house. We can't wait for her to come again (and her brother and sister).

Sam made this picture of him and Bella going to the zoo. He asked me to mail it to her so she can hang it in her room (I'm sure that's exactly where she'll put it).

One night when I was putting this pull-up on Molly she said, "Look mom, Molly and Bella are on Molly's pull-up playing."

We went to Kentucky Kingdom with Bella, Solly and Aunt Lori this summer and had a BLAST!!!

Meg and Bella playing.