Fun Week with Cousins

My sister Steph and her family live in California now...pretty close to my parents. So we do not get to see them a whole lot anymore. When we take our yearly trip to Ca.....we do get to see them then, but not as much as we would like. The kids really play good together and have a fun time and I get to catch up with my sister. Her kids are Faith (9), Taylor (7), Wright Jr. (4) and Tristan (2). We use to get to see them like 10 times a year and now that they have moved to CA, we only get to see them 1-2 times a year.

So she was going to be in Utah anyway for her parents-in-laws mission homecoming...so she drove up a few days early with all the kids to spend a few days with us...and Auntie Becca go to come too for 1.5 days. We had alot of fun....alot of relaxing around the house, but also some fun activities in between the relaxing.

Steph arrived Saturday night at around 9 PM, so we just had enough time to let the kids play for 2 hours and then get them to bed. We did have a little time to catch up too.

Then Sunday...we took our 7 kids to the last 2 hours of church. We were not going to attempt 7 kids and two adults in Sacrament meeting. After church we had a nice lunch and by then Becca had gotten there to hang out with us . It is so fun to have the siblings together. We were just missing Em and Mike. Then that night we headed over to Grandpa's house in Wellsville. He always has alot of fun stuff for us to do. I stayed at his house cause Tristan and Casen had fallen asleep. And they took the kids over to the dam to feed the ducks and feed the horses. (I loved all the pics and wish I could have been in a few.) Then after the dam, the kids came and played in the Canal in front of gramps house...we walked over to the playground and let the kids play....rode the 4-wheeler....and went and visited Grandma's grave. All in all it was an eventful night and I am sure we wore Grandpa out. And we also got home to a great surprise.....daddy and all his friends home from Alaska....YEAH!

Then Monday...we packed up the kids and headed over to the Logan Aquatic Center, but it was closed for maintenance...so we headed over to the pool in Brigham City instead. We actually stayed for 3-4 hours and the kids loved it. There was a fun slide, a diving board, sand for sand castles, and a kiddy swimming area. Later that night.... we came home and had a yummy BBQ with hamburgers and hot dogs. Me, Becca, and Steph watched the Bachelorette too that night after the kids went to bed....Becca did have to leave half way thru to get home for early work the next day! Sad to see her go....

Tuesday we had a fun day in our backyard....letting the kids swim and do slip-n-slide. They really enjoyed the new slide we have too. Then later that night...we went and got some $5 pizzas and took the kids to a nearby park. They had alot of fun and it wore them out too. That night we made our own Bazookie cookie desserts and watched Americas got Talent and then put the kids to bed.

Wednesday was a quick morning of getting ready, packing and saying our Good-Byes. It was so fun to have them here...even though I am worn out and need to catch up on some sleep. We were up pretty late everynight chatting. I was sad to see them leave, but not so sad because we get to see them in a couple weeks .......me and the kids are headed to CA. to see Grandma and Grandpa and Family.