January 18, 2012

Cousins by blood, friends by choice.

Gosh. I love my family & I love having so many cousins, both on the Coon and Dayley side. I've realized how grateful I am to have such a tight bond with all of my cousins. Being 4-16hrs away from family the past four months has made me notice how much my cousins mean to me. We have some very fun memories that I am very fond of.

-boating, tubing, snowboarding/skiing as a big family, doorbell ditching & getting caught, snowmobiling, family reunions, skit night, many family vacations to utah and california, jamming out to kelly clarkson in our own girl cabin, girls nights, endless hours spent making cheesy commercials, going to stake or institute dances, watching old movies at Aunt Catherine's house, sumo wrestling on the trampoline, playing barbies, pretending like we were Doris Day or Judy Garland or Debbie Reynolds, running 5ks, card games, sardines, dressing up as 80s girls, choreographing our own dances, photoshoots, Coon Marathons, geocaching, family pot lucks, jumping on the trampoline, pretending like we were mermaids while swimming, shopping, laughing so hard you pee your pants, efy...
the list goes on and on and on.

I will always be grateful for my cousins.
They are wonderful! (even if they steal your old crush/high school guy best friend from you. haha.)

2 comments:

Rebecca J said...

Katie, I love this! It brings back so many awesome memories of our good times together. :) I love the pictures, too. It's crazy to see how much we've all grown up.

Jill said...

What a blessing to have so many cousins! Looking at all those old pictures made me sad. Time has gone by so fast. You all are beautiful young woman! I love you and miss you. Mom

Me too! DAD