{"id":21338,"date":"2012-07-07T16:32:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T21:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=21338"},"modified":"2012-07-07T16:32:39","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T21:32:39","slug":"meeting-the-cousins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/07\/meeting-the-cousins\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting the cousins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2799.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_2799\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2799_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My cousin Hunter (Rara\u2019s sister, Elsie\u2019s son) has 3 kids close to our 3 kids ages.&#160; They live in Ohio, so it\u2019s hard to get together.&#160; This was the first time all the kids met\u2026 and instantly hit it off, and played and played!&#160; Coco is on the left of Rose and Laney is on the right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2766.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_2766\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2766_thumb.jpg\" width=\"389\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2773.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_2773\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2773_thumb.jpg\" width=\"156\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I asked Noelle what her favorite part was about the 4th of July, and she said playing in the pool.&#160; She loves swimming all by herself now!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2777.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_2777\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2777_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rose was a little dare devil in the water, but her Rara was right there with her helping her figure out her limits.&#160; It was cute to watch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2787.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_2787\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2787_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"403\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mac had so much fun getting a rise out of Anna Kate with the chomping alligator.&#160; I was giggling so much to watch a little boy play!&#160; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2789.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_2789\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2789_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my sweet little hostess with the mostess.&#160; She helped me plan appetizers and couldn\u2019t wait to hand out snacks to her new friends!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2781.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_2781\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2781_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mom and her sister Elsie, with Rose and Laney.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2803.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_2803\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2803_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"369\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a picture of Brady (Elsie\u2019s youngest son) with Noelle right after she gave him the picture that she drew for him.&#160; 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