Playin' with the Cousins!!!

We really enjoyed having Johnny, Phillip, & Matt visiting down here in North Carolina this past week!!!!! We always love to have them come and always hate to see them go!!! Johnny is such a sweetie! When they come, it's as though they've always lived right here near us...we all just pick up from the last visit!!

Phil & Matt took right up with Creston & Mack this time! Our boys are finally old enough to get down and dirty and play "ROUGH" with the older boys! I really thought that my 2 were going to kill Johnny's 2!!! They all hung in there, though! Still not sure who won the "I've got more energy than you do" contest that I think they all had going on!!!

Heeeeeeerrrrrrreeeeeeeeee's Johnny!!!! (He and Mackie favor a lot with the blonde hair and blue eyes and fair skin......now Mackie's hair also looks like John's!!~ Don't know if I have a good picture of Mack's new hair cut on here or not!!!)

Here's Mark's version of making Johnny look "Old & Mean"! Here are Matt & Phil! Matt looks a bit scared.....I guess I can be a bit intimidating when I've got my camera and say "SMILE!!!!!!". :o) Now.....here is the best picture of all! Quite a few of the Parlier men of the entire family all in 1 spot at one time!!! John, Mack, (Wooden weird-Man thingy ~ Don't ask!), Matt, Creston, Phil, Mack, & Mark! All PARLIER!!!!!! Pretty good lookin' group, don't you think???? These boys should be able to carry on the Parlier name for at least a few more years!!!
Here's the wooden-carved head thing that Mack made to put on top of his Mailbox post....so incredibly NOT sure why in the world he did this.....he's kinda funny that way sometimes! He's a quiet man of few words, but when he gets wound up about something, you just never know what he'll do......And apparently, something wound him up enough to create this thing...Mackie likes to wave hi and bye to it and say "Bye Man!" as we go home each time...I find it disturbing, but who am I to judge!!!!! :o) All I can say is "Oh........dear!" Now......here is a picture of Matt giving Mackie a small "Handful" of M&M's!!!! I think by the time the night was over, Mackie had consumed most of the bag and was literally vibrating from the sugar high!! :o) (I also think that Johnny found this to be extreemly amusing...........don't you worry, John! We'll get you back sometime!!!! :o) ) Here, the "BIG BOYS" are playing ball! (Please note the LITTLE boy bat & ball!)

Phil (Will be a senior in College & IS single)

Matt (Just Graduated High School & is NOT single!!)

Here, Johnny & Mackie are apparently BOTH amazed at something!!!!! Oooohhh!!!!!

Or maybe it's an Aaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!

Here is yet ANOTHER handful of M&M's going into the 1 year-old's mouth!!! :o)
(Love you, Johnny!!) Mackie was soooo wrapped up in those M&M's that as he kept sneezing (he's got a slight cold), I tried to wipe his nose, but there was too much snot everywhere, so I took him inside and said throw those M&M's away so I can wipe the yuck off of your hands & face (which were COVERED in Snot), and what did he do????? He ate them all! Snot and All!!! Nope! He's not going to throw away ANY of those yummy M&M's!!! :o)
Now......remember what I said about Mack? Here is supposed to be a picture of Love and devotion between two people who have been married over 35 years......I said "Lean in and act like you love each other..." Mack instead flipped his false teeth up and kinda out of his mouth to provide us with this memorable shot! I give up!!!!!
That was the end of our Monday! The NY crew will be going home tomorrow.....
more pictures to come!