Family time 2013

aquarium with Pop and Gram

 

Great-Grandmother with many of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren

 

Maggie (4) with her cousin Ruby (5)

discovery with Pop

McKinzie cousins + Nate Bills cousins = 7 kids under age 6

Ana and Sam are a cousin pair

Great-Uncle Kyle came for a visit

Leah and Aunt Nadine

we got to meet the newest Bills cousin, John Moses

It is always fun to hang out with Zeus on the farm

Uncle Hoss bringing in the birthday cake for Sam and Judah

Great-Granddad and Cohen

Aunt Katy and John Moses

Gram with my three beauties at Jeannie’s wedding

Mags with Dr. Uncle Collin

Maggie jumping with Daniel in Dallas

dress-up at Uncle Pat’s with cousins

Aunt Deborah reading to sweet little Andrew

time with Memaw

good lovin’

McKinzie cousins!

going to hear Pat preach

with my sweet SIL, Deborah

Greg and his momma

we all love time with Aunt Marci

Uncle Greg and his little nieces

sitting with Uncle Blake

enjoying time with Memaw our last day

McKinzie Familia 2013

Owl cupcakes with Memaw

Hoot Hoot!

I realize that moms can go to pinterest and find anything they want for craft ideas.  We are with my MIL this week, and she found the following idea in a good-ole fashioned magazine.  I appreciate crafts and recipes that are easy to do with kids.  I especially appreciate them when I actually have the ingredients in Peru!  These were too cute, and the kids had an absolute blast with their Memaw and cousins making them…

Ingredients:

• chocolate cake mix
• chocolate icing
• Oreos
• M&M’s
• sprinkles (optional)

1. Make cupcakes out of cake mix.  Allow to cool and ice them generously.
2. Take Oreos and separate the cookies so that the white is on one side.  Use the whites on cookie from two cookies for the two eyes.
3. Add M&M’s in the middle of the whites (use a little chocolate icing as “glue”).
4. Push one M&M into the icing below the eyes for the beak.
5. Add sprinkles for fun.

Thanks, Memaw, for a super fun and delicious activity!!!