Card Family Reunion

The day after Bennett's party, we loaded up the car and headed to Utah.  It was the long anticipated return of Grandma and Grandpa, who had been on a mission in Ireland for the past 2 years.

On the morning of their return, we went to the park with aunts, uncles, cousins and kids and made big signs so we could make a bunch of commotion at the airport.  We were at the terminal with time to spare and we waited and waited until the airport screens announced the arrival of the much anticipated flight.  We waited some more--it seemed like an unusually long time--and wondered where the crowd was that should have been pouring down the escalators from the plane.  After considering the absence of a crowd, we realized---we were in the wrong terminal!!!!  We RAN as fast as we could outside, down the sidewalk and to the next building and got the the bottom of the stairs just as grandma's shoes started descending down the escalator.  Just. In. Time!  We held up our signs and cheered, as if we had been standing there for hours.  Hooray for the return of Grandma and Grandpa!!  (Why don't I have a picture of this??)

We spent the next few days in cousin heaven.  We got to spend a day at Lagoon (with some serious scary ride bravery by Bennett).

Then we all drove to Uncle Chuck's house in Dutch John so we could see adorable baby Truly and float the Green River together.

When we stopped for lunch, we had a MAJOR event happen.  Bennett was eating a cracker and suddenly shouted "My tooth fell out!!!"  And that's how my big boy lost his first tooth.  And on the eve of his real birthday, no less.  What a great day!

These cousins were so much fun!

We had tons of fun playing around at the campground too.

As long as Bryce has his cars, everything is awesome.  Love the dirt track.

Our last day with cousins included some 4-wheeling with Uncle Mark.  

We had two of the cutest little girls to play with and snuggle.  And since grandpa is all opinionated about little girls and things in their hair (He thinks they are ridiculous and won't hesitate to tell you that.  Coming from someone who never had daughters, he can't be considered an authority on hair accessories.) we made him hold his newest granddaughters with the biggest headbands and bows we could find.  :)

And at the end of our trip, Bennett got to have some cupcakes for his "real" birthday.  He didn't get any more presents or a party (although the tooth fairy gave him an extra dollar that morning!) but we did go to the park and sang to him again.