adventures with our cousins

a visit to utah isn't the same without going to thanksgiving point. 

and luckily our cousins and the nelson's were able to come with us. 

these girls love pony rides! and they can do it all by themselves now.

we packed a pic nic and went to the garden's at thanksgiving point.

we had a minor emergency while there...

see the picture below, shortly after i took it, i yelled across the water to tell them they were too close, and in a blink quincy had fallen in the water!

it was a huge drop off so she went completely under, did i mention she can't swim.

i was across the stream on the other side and started running over....but i wasn't going to get there in time.

luckily and thankfully reese who is 9 was smart and brave and just jumped in after her to save her.

it was so scary. i always have dreams of people drowning and this was way too close of a call. 

quincy was soaking wet, cold and scared.  luckily a nice mom saw what happened and let us barrow a blanket to wrap her up in after we took off all her wet clothes.  i felt like a horrible mom to let this happen, it seems the bad stuff always happens in the one moment you aren't right by them.  

water scares me, so this summer learning to swim is top priority!

we also made a trip to the provo rec center. that place is more than amazing, its like Disneyland for kids and adults, there is so much fun to be had. 

we swam, and the girls loved the rock wall, they take after their mama...i mean dad.

we love all our cousins!

and our big cousins are so nice to play with the twins, they treat them like royalty.

sometimes its hard because q&t want to go to pappy's or to jo's house but they don't really understand that it takes us two days driving in the car to get there...

maybe someday we will be able to move back closer.

gage who is 11, let tenley play with him all the time.  she was his little shadow.