We love Facetime! Especially since we're so far away from family, Facetime is an awesome way for us to stay in touch with everyone. I was honestly very worried about my kids growing up away from their cousins, but I think Facetime has helped keep Evie in touch with Ian, Quinn and Cade. Most of the time she's not really into "talking" when we do a call, but every once in a while, she gets into it. With Ian especially, they tend to be silly together, and this is the resulting type of call we have. LOTS of giggling and silliness!
I had to do a quick trip to LA towards the end of July to say goodbye to my Uncle Pang, who passed away a few weeks earlier. I have fond memories of fun cousin time at his house in Palos Verdes and Uncle Pang taking us to the beach when we were younger. I remember how he delighted in making us kids squeal with laughter by pretending the car ride was a rolleroaster - we'd take sharp turns and all of us kids would slide to one side of his Volvo station wagon or he'd slow the car down to a roll and we'd all chant that we couldn't let the car stop and it would inch slowly forward at a stoplight. Although it was a sad reason to get together, I think he would be happy to know that the weekend was also a wonderful get together with family. Because it was fairly last minute, none of the kids flew over which meant us "adult cousins" were able to have long talks and linger over food. Kin and Meredith were able to host a summertime bbq at their house and we had a nice t...
Silly kids!! Ian misses Evie a ton!
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