What we did on our Summer Vacation

Have I mentioned lately that my cousins ROCK?! Well they do.

The great thing about planning a vacation with these gals (and the few not in this photo) is that they never lose sight of that these trips are all about the kids! Our parents' generation let us spend as much holiday time as we could together growing up, and it's critical to each of us to let our kids do the same!
While our parents visited in Montreal, we drove together up to Mount Tremblant. In past years, Tessa and I haven't been in town for this trip, but everyone made room for us so graciously! Thanks so much, gals! And guess what - after the kids were in bed, we even talked scrapbooking! :-)
You see, my cousin Sharon is a scrapbooker who doesn't know it yet! Tell me what you think: she reads my blog daily, along with Vicki's and Layle's, has read Elsie's book, she tags along on my Montreal LSS runs...Sharon, really - get scrapping already! You know you want to! :-)
I was also lucky enough to see my cousin Julie from NY for the first time in almost 20 years! I loved getting caught up and meeting her husband John, as well as her great kids - they are adorable! Even though we only overlapped in Montreal for less than a day, we made the most of it.

So thanks to my cousins, my cousins' cousins :-), our aunts and uncles, and - of course - our great kids, for such an awesome vacation. I've put together a little slide show of the trip below, so take a peek. To see the a larger version, click here.