Madison

I'm going to be blogging about our vacation in random order, as half of my photos are on the camera and half are on David's computer. So, starting in the middle . . . we drove up to Madison for a night, to visit David's extended family. They hadn't even met Matthew yet, so the visit was long overdue!

At great grandma and great grandpa's place, Matthew spent most of his time saying "Press the button," then pressing a button on a cardinal figurine which made it sing and turn its head side to side. (You can see it on the left side of the photo, in front of the yellow flowers.) Then Matthew would screech with delight and dance. When the cardinal stopped, it was "press the button" all over again. Cameron had a fantastic time playing with his second cousin, Jakob, seen in the photo below. When we left, Cameron said, "When we first met each other, we were both quiet and didn't talk to each other. But then we started talking, and then I liked him a lot and then we were talking and talking like we were never going to stop!"

We also went to the park with David's aunt and uncle, Karen and Tim. The boys wasted no time in engaging Tim in child's play. Here, Matthew schools Tim on soccer.

And here Tim launches Cameron skyward.

It was a fantastic visit that left us wishing that Madison were a shorter drive so we could visit more often!