Kenzie and Cousins

Kenz is becoming quite the star player on our blog lately. As she should be. Because it was all thanks to her that Jeff and I were able to escape for our first babyless date in roughly a year! We were th-a-rilled.

We were going to try out a hibachi restaurant close by. We walked in, saw the place, and slowly backed away before anyone noticed we were there. We quickly rerouted to a restaurant that seemed less likely to give us food poisoning -- Texas Roadhouse.

We then wandered over to a frozen yogurt place and told each other childhood stories we've managed to make it through this long of life together without hearing from each other. It was fun and perfect and we're grateful Kenz entertained the boys so we could sneak away.

Last weekend I had the pleasure of helping Abe and Klarissa sneak away to Abe's friend's wedding. I got to watch Newland for an afternoon! Newland was very interested in watching Eli and Carson play with cars.

We had to seize the moment for a cousin photo shoot. Hello doll faces. Can boys be doll faces? I vote yes.

I love Newland's arms reaching for each of my boys here.

And even better -- the hug that Newland initiated with Carson.

Newland was such a good boy! He seemed happy to be right along with us doing whatever we were doing.

And he fell asleep on our way to drop him back off with Abe and Klarissa. We loved the worn out cousins crashed together in the back seat.

A couple days later I was watching the Golden Girls (and Boy). It was kind of a rainy and cold day, so I made them clean the house to keep them busy. It took them at least an hour to pick up all these blocks. Mostly because Eli kept dumping them back out. But hey, I watched with a smirk on my face as the cleaning/block basketball playing kept them busy for so long.

On Friday I returned Kenz's babsitting favor by modeling some vintage dresses she sells on Etsy. You should stop by her shop, Seagulls and Salt to see all the adorable things she has found. The dresses I modeled will be up soon so check back often!

Here is a sneak peek of what Kenz did to me. Pink lipstick. High knotted hair. Vintage Dress. I had so much fun! It took me back to our college days of doing photo shoots every other weekend. It's kind of our favorite past time.

You should also like Kenz's page on Facebook to keep up with her latest. She's awesome! I'll model in exchange for babysitting any day of the week!