Cousin Bekah Visits the "Compound"

So the rest of our family affectionately--well we think affectionately, calls our home the family 'compound'. In truth my mother was the one who started calling it the compound--I have consistently said that this makes us sound a like a bunch of weirdos...again perhaps I am making assumptions that this is not what we are :-)

However, we have failed to find another or better word. I suggested Family Estate--but that sounds entirely too fancy for what it actually is... trust me on that one! I also hear that Nana Cake would like a family compound and we whole heartedly support the idea because it can be fun to automatically have a party whenever you need one... but you definitely need a good mix of border collies and golden retrievers to successfully navigate the waters of multi-generational living (for an explanation we will need my mother to post on the personality traits of humans that relate to different kinds of dogs...)

Bekah, our cousin from WA came to visit us despite our inability to be defined, named, or categorized simply. Here she is at the Butterfly Pavilion holding a spider--no this is not an initiation right to come and visit us...! (The actual initiation rite was that my mom whisked this sea level dweller immediately up to 9,000 feet to enjoy the snow and temperatures in the mid teens!)

Bekah did manage the incredible feat of actually seeing all her Arndt cousins and all their offspring (although not all in one place). And we were all delighted with her presence and definitely sad to see her head back home (Ok, John is happy to have his room BUT I know you miss those Star Wars sheets Bekah!)

She spent much time with the littlest cousin offspring bringing her videos from the shelf over and over. We had warned her that Sophia, the eldest cousin, was perhaps more like her than she realized and she did not believe us until one moment at dinner where Sophia gave her absolute "Bekah" look and we only wish we'd capture it on camera! Bekah also taught us how to make vodka gummy bears for which we will be forever grateful to her for doing!

Thanks for coming to visit us dear cousin and you are welcome anytime! We will be sure to have the sheets  clean and Girl Scout cookies handy!
xoxoxo
L