We have had a busy week!! And lots of pictures to show for it! Monday, we took off for Texas - it was a nice relaxing trip - James did pretty well and the other kids were content to watch movies and color. We arrived a bit after midnight - no worse for wear!
The day after we arrived, my Grandma Penny arrived. My mom - feeling the need to keep my kids entertained, planned lots of fun. Wednesday was the beginning - My dad spent some time in the morning in the pool with the kids helping the girls learn to water ski. Then that afternoon, we went out on the boat. Eileen and Anna both got to try it out and were able to get up - Eileen was able to stay up for quite awhile. After (since mommy was exhausted from swimming around after them and helping them) we pulled the tube out and let them each have turns in the tube. They all had a blast - Eileen and Anna especially LOVED the fast bumpy tube rides. However, when asked their favorite part of the whole day - their unanimous response was "when daddy fell off the tube!!!" Dan had taken a turn on the tube and Grandpa had driven him around and got a bit crazy on accident and threw Dan off - skipping him across the water....
Thursday, we all went to the zoo - in the morning, the weather was wonderful - a bit overcast and cool which made it a really nice day to be there - not too hot! The kids had fun - Eileen especially loved the bird show and wanted to take pictures of all the birds. Evie's favorite part was feeding the birds - she wanted to hold one so bad, but got scared when ever we managed to get one on her :) James just loved looking and pointing at everything. Anna, of course loved everything. After lunch, it started pouring!! We took the kids on the carousel and then headed home!
Thursday evening - the Tilton's came over to play and swim. It's always good to see them - It's also fun to watch Eileen and Sonora's friendship pick up right where it left off and before the Tilton's went home to have both girls begging to see each other again before we went home to Colorado.
The kids have spent some of every day in the pool - and Saturday they spent almost the whole afternoon in the pool - from noon to 6 pm - they were in and out of the pool - Eileen and Anna are getting very comfortable in the water - and both are looking really good with their swimming lessons from Grandpa.
Sunday we went to Sandi's ward for Kai's baby blessing - she is such a sweet baby - generally quiet and happy - and totally sweet and beautiful! The kids love her too! After, we went to Jon's parents house and had fun with Jon's family. The kids all had a lot of fun playing together - and playing outside and running amok. It was a fun afternoon - then we came home and fed the kids and put them to bed. Dan left for Seattle this morning and we are now looking forward to another week in Texas.
Anna and Taz really are getting along well - they seem to have similar energy levels and Anna has been a really good big friend/babysitter. She wrote him the cutest note to Taz telling him how much she liked him and how she would miss him. She has been really good at playing with him and helping take care of him - which has been really good for him too since his life has been a bit crazy lately. Out of all my kids - Anna is the only one who's name he can remember - all the kids are "na-na"
Sunday we went to Sandi's ward for Kai's baby blessing - she is such a sweet baby - generally quiet and happy - and totally sweet and beautiful! The kids love her too! After, we went to Jon's parents house and had fun with Jon's family. The kids all had a lot of fun playing together - and playing outside and running amok. It was a fun afternoon - then we came home and fed the kids and put them to bed. Dan left for Seattle this morning and we are now looking forward to another week in Texas.
Anna and Taz really are getting along well - they seem to have similar energy levels and Anna has been a really good big friend/babysitter. She wrote him the cutest note to Taz telling him how much she liked him and how she would miss him. She has been really good at playing with him and helping take care of him - which has been really good for him too since his life has been a bit crazy lately. Out of all my kids - Anna is the only one who's name he can remember - all the kids are "na-na"
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