Whack-a-Cousin

It had been way too long since the cousins have all been able to get together. 

 

After exchanging a few hugs and pleasantries, a samurai fight commenced. 

 

 

 

My mom has always enjoyed whacking children with wrapping paper rolls!:)  As a child, I remember that she would sometimes emerge from the bedroom after wrapping Christmas gifts and would come at Derek and I with an empty paper roll.  Now that she has five grandchildren, she must have had to save up from a few Christmases for this mega fight!  That's a lot of wrapping paper!

Grandpa's stick was the first to break!

Thankfully, no one was (seriously!) injured during this battle, and I think a rematch may take place in the future.  

 

On a different note- equally as picture worthy- my parents just returned from a very hot, memorable trip to Utah where they were able to visit The Wave and get this amazing picture...