Charity and Emily. Emily absolutely loves her Aunt Charity!!!


















Here is Zane. He is 15 months old. He is such a cute Little Guy!!! Ethan really enjoyed playing with him.















Charity and Me!!!






















Alicia and Autumn. They had SO much fun together. Alicia cried and cried when Autumn had to go home.











Autumn, Alicia and Emily. Charity got the girls matching dresses. They looked really cute!!!














I had such a good time with Charity, Todd, Autumn and Zane. It was so neat that they could stay with us for a few days. We were so sad when they had to go home. Hopefully we can visit again soon!!!

Family Get Together

My sister, Charity, came out from Ohio last weekend, and we thought it would be alot of fun to get together with our Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. We had not seen some of them in quite a few years. Our family has really grown, and it was so nice to see how much everyone has grown and what additions were made to the family over the years.

Believe it or not my cousins are only a few years older than my own children. Growing up I kind of missed having cousins to play with, but it was great to see my cousins playing with my kids. I

My Grandma Dowling was gracious enough to host a picnic at her home on Saturday. The kids had so much fun playing together. Grandma set up a clothes line with a blanket and the kids "fished" for toys that my Uncle Rob had brought for them. They were all so excited. It is not often that you get to fish for something other than fish. :)

We all had a wonderful time playing wiffle ball too. The Swymers against the Dowlings. We played until it was to dark to see the ball. Even Alicia and Emily had a chance at bat. Grandma had the ball come right to her hands, but it was so dark she couldn't see the ball until it was to late. I think that is when we decided to call it quits. I am not sure of the score but I think the Dowlings did win. :(. -- But it's not every day that the first base man (or woman) plays with a baby on her hip. :)

It really was nice to get together with everyone. Hopefully we won't let as much time go by before we get together again.

Cone Family Picnic


Sunday we all got together at my mother in law's home for a picnic. We all had a wonderful time! The cousins all played in a wading pool that Bud set up for them. They had a great time. It was a lot of fun for the littler ones like Ethan, Ashton and Sarah because it was the first time they could really play together in the pool. Alicia, Emily and Breydon had a good time too. Dot ran the hose for them and they had a great time running through the water and swimming in the pool together. Dave and Chip played baseball with them too. Even Ethan had a chance up at bat. We are definetly a baseball family!! The kids LOVE it!

KIm and Bryan brought over fire crackers, and we had a good time watching them go off after dark. The kids thought it was fantastic. Believe it or not Ethan fell asleep watching them. -I am not sure how because it was pretty loud!

We always have so much fun when we all get together. It is so nice that all the cousins can grow up together. They always look forward to playing together.