A weekend with the Abners

When Brenna's volleyball schedule came out, I sent it to Taron and said that they should come down for a game and hang out for the weekend.  And she told me while we were in Shreveport that they were coming the first weekend of November, which happened to be the last regular season game, and ALSO happened to be our only 8AM game! Not sure they planned that real well..... But they were great sports! 
The girls were SO excited for their arrival on Friday night. (Not gonna lie- I was too!!) Brenna had volleyball practice, so I stayed home and got dinner all ready while Josh and B went to practice. The Abners arrived about 6, we ate, and then eventually put Macie to bed and migrated to the back porch to chill and visit. It was such a fun and relaxing night to just hang out. It's an opportunity that we don't get often enough. Usually when we are together, it is at a family gathering and there is a lot of stuff going on, so us cousins don't get to just visit. So this weekend provided that opportunity.
We turned in early, because we had an early alarm the next day!
Luckily- we all made it out of the house on time and were at Brenna's game at just the right time! And BOY- was it a game!!!! It was the hardest game we had played all season, and was a nail biter! But our girls did great and won 2 out of 3 games! There were some close calls, but they worked together and did it! An undefeated season for the Lil' Divas!

How do I know that these two cousins are awesome??? Cuz they drove 4 hours, got up at 6 am and were at an 8am Volleyball game for this little Diva!

And Graddy.... well- he's something else! He likes to spoil any picture for his niece that he can!

From there, Josh went to the deer lease and we went to breakfast with Graddy and then he and Nolan went to do "man stuff" aka- hang a door, while us girls set off to Sam Moon! No girls day is complete without a little shopping!!
But that shopping wore us out and required Taron, Macie and I to take a nap as soon as we got home! After the boys returned, we played a mean game of..... yep, you guessed it..... HAND AND FOOT CANASTA! Johnson's don't gather without playing canasta! We even texted Mimi our picture! haha!

I had to learn to be nice to Taron. She is usually partners with Mimi, aka- Mrs. Johnson,when we play so I am pretty good at being.....not nice. And since we were playing boys against girls, I had to put my thinking cap on! But not to worry, us girls stomped the boys! And took pictures to prove it!

Jake even found himself a comfy spot to hang out while we played...

After cards, we ate some spaghetti and settled in to watch Bamma beat LSU!
Macie and I cuddled..

And Taron texted Brenna to come down from upstairs and cuddle with her! Because.....hello 21st century! 

MELT me! That girl loves her some Taron! 
The next day we went to church and lunch and the Abners headed north.
It was a great weekend!!! I can't believe that my sweet little cousin that I loved to cuddle with is all grown up and married and cuddling with my babies! Talk about feeling OLD. geesh. But I enjoyed every minute that we got to spend together! Can't wait until we can do it again. SOON!