Tuesday, May 21, 2013

New Friends, Courtesy of my Mom

One of the first comments my mom ever made when we announced we were going to move to Albuquerque was, "I have a cousin who lives there." It took us over five months and several Facebook conversations, but we finally met them in person last Friday at the zoo.

It was quite entertaining to watch them play together and then forget each other was even there...but Jill and I had all kinds of fun talking the entire time. It's like we've been friends forever already. :)


These were my only pictures of animals...




Those enormous fish swimming around under the ducks reminded me a lot of the catfish back in the Logan canal going through Blackhawk. Only these were less disgusting.

Standard back-shots that always result from a zoo photo op.




We tried to pose them all together.


Audrey refused to smile, so we told all the kids to frown. I personally find it cuter that way.


Yay for fun new friends! Even if we'll only manage to hang out a few times (hopefully!) before they move. A handful of fun days is better than none.


Closing Pop Quiz: If Jill is my mom's first cousin, how are she and I related? And further, how are our kids related to each other?

4 comments:

Brenda said...

You are first cousins once removed and your kids are 2nd cousins.

Cluff Family said...

These are great pictures! Can't wait to get together again!

Unknown said...

Your all cousins of some sort..ya for cousins! Im glad you guys met up.

Tannie Datwyler said...

Hmmm.... you and Jill are first cousins once removed. That means Jill's kids and YOU are 2nd cousins. Your kids and Jill's kids are 2nd cousins once removed. Is that right????