Earlier this summer my cousins Emilie and Wendy, and Wendy’s children Makenna and Mavvie, visited Ohio from their hometown in Kansas. We see them so rarely—their visit was a treat. And we spent a wonderful summer afternoon at my parents’ house.
Sophie, Makenna and James jumping on Nini and Pop Pop’s bed
Mavvie, James, Sophie, Makenna and Owen eating popsicles on the porch
kids + Emilie, Pop Pop, Nini, Wendy and my grandma
porch view
porch popsicles
Mavvie, Sophie and Makenna
porch feet
James
Makenna
Mavvie (photo taken by Makenna)
Sophie (photo taken by Makenna)
Owen (photo taken by Makenna)
my grandma (photo taken by Makenna)
James, a notoriously slow popsicle eater
bubbles
my mom and grandma
Owen throwing a tantrum and “running away”
Mavvie trying to console Owen
Great Grandma and Owen
Makenna’s cartwheel
Great Grandma + children
Owen
Makenna
my mom’s lavender, drying
more fun in Nini and Pop Pop’s bedroom
Mavvie
wrestling with Pop Pop
the boys’ favorite snack
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” —Henry James
