if I could turn back time...

7 years ago it was Grandma & Aunt Sarah camp week at my house

(that means all the cousins in the US were here together)

we played Little Tikes T-Ball in the gym at KCU

we took the cousins to Lexington to meet their brand new cousin

we had picnics and sat on the back porch together

when I saw these pictures in my FB memories today

I was shocked at just how much has changed:

cousin camp has only happened once since then

partly because the kids are all much bigger and there are more of them

there is no longer a woodpile along the fence since I have central heat and air

the swing set was outgrown 

the picnic table rotted

the sandbox cracked

I have no idea of what the stand thing is right off the porch

the glider I am sitting on is at Jonathan's 

the black posts were replaced when I got new siding

my hair is much longer

Sam died last July

Bill went home to be with Jesus four months after this was taken

me and the white rocker Bill is in are the only moveable things still here

life changes so quickly, I've learned to appreciate each day

but, if I could turn back time, I'd like to have one more week like that one