Cousins who couldn’t be cooler

 

 (Landon, Gabe, Austin, Garrett, with Dawson laying on their laps)

Maybe this is normal.  Maybe this is how families are.  Maybe I shouldn’t be so charmed and surprised and overjoyed.

But I think it’s a little bit special, what goes on with Gabe and his much older cousins.

Austin and Landon live by us.  Dawson lives in Utah.  They are between 2 and 5 years older than Gabe.  Austin and Landon include Gabe in so much.  They invite him over for sleepovers and night games.  They come over when he wants to play board games or go for bike rides.  They never act annoyed or bugged and they are such GOOD boys, GREAT examples, that I am thrilled.

And when we are all together, like in the picture above, and there are more older cousins, they continue to include Gabe in everything.  He loves to be with them and they never leave him out.

Here’s to amazing cousins, obviously GREAT parenting by aunts and uncles and breathing easy because my son has role models and friends that are cool and kind.