Back in Sylva - and a short visit with Hawkins cousins

When we got back to Sylva after our week in Durham, we were excited that Matt & Hannah and the cousins were in town (visiting Hannah's parents for a few days), so we got to spend some time with them over the weekend. Timo went right to playing with the cousins, and Mattias was well taken care of by the older boys, especially Samuel.

On Saturday afternoon we all trooped over to Western for the men's basketball game (I went with the others while Jim stayed back with our boys for much-needed naps). Phil has been the scoreboard keeper for years, so two of the adults were able to get in the game using his passes, and Phillip and Samuel were able to participate in the game - Phillip was ball boy, and Samuel got to do a trivia game during one of the timeouts. It was very fun, even though the stadium was nearly empty because it was Christmas break.

Back at the Woody house - plenty of toys to keep these cousins happy, along with the basketball hoop outside, the golf cart and the kids' John Deere Gator! It was wonderful to see them happily playing together. At one point I wandered upstairs to join these three, and they all looked at me like, "Yes? What are you doing here?" Okay, I get the hint; I'll take a photo and go downstairs.

Quick, before we say good-bye, gotta get some group photos!

Oh well. Timo was not interested in photo-taking anymore.