Cousin Tyler!

Jason's brother Daniel and our nephew Tyler (who is 4 1/2) flew in to Indianapolis this past Friday. Dan had some work in St. Louis but decided to fly in here, drop Tyler off at the lake house for the week and drive to St. Louis for work, then come back and spend the weekend with us before flying back out. Jack was so excited about having Cousin Tyler (or JUST Tyler as Tyler informed us!) here to play with for the week.

The boys shared some play time around Jack's train table the night they flew in from L.A. What fun to watch the boys warm up to one another through their mutual love of trains, trucks and all things wheeled.

Saturday we got up and headed up to John and Karen's lake house where Tyler was going to spend the week. Saturday the boys enjoyed helping John prepare dinner by shucking corn. Welcome to Indiana Tyler!! No Indiana boy is allowed to grow up without shucking an ear of corn at some point in his life!

After dinner Jack introduced Tyler to his favorite game at Grandma and Grandpa's house...throwing rocks in the lake. They were so funny to watch. They started picking up rocks from around the patio to toss in the water until they got side tracked by pill bugs. Tyler was not too fond of them so Jack started sorting through the rocks to make sure there were no bugs.



After tossing some rocks into the lake, they decided to try their hands at a little fishing off Grandpa's boat.

Later on in the evening Grandpa built a fire and made the boys some s'mores which they totally enjoyed.

After spending the week up at the lake, John and Karen brought Tyler back down to Indianapolis to meet up with Daniel. We were able to enjoy a member's only night at the Children's Museum where Tyler and Jack shared a "ride" in the Indy Race Car.

The final day before Daniel and Tyler headed back home we braved the 90+ degree temps and went to opening weekend at the State Fair.

The boys braved the midway with their dads...

Got up close and personal with some goats...

And posed for pictures.

It was a long but fun filled day which ended with a visit from Grandma Ravenscroft. How wonderful it was to see Grandma again. We sure have missed her since she moved to Tulsa were glad she was able to make the trip back to Indiana.

We can't wait until Christmas when all the Ravenscrofts will be back together again!! Look out Tulsa...here we come!