House of Chaos: Family Rocks!

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Family Rocks!

We finally took advantage of living closer to family!! We met up with my brother at the Temple this weekend. The kids were so excited to see their cousins, and I confess to being pleased to see them as well.

Here's my crew. They had a marvelous time playing on the grounds that morning.

So many things to climb on and play on. Here they are waiting for Andy's family to arrive. Every time a van would turn in they would jump up and down. Very cute.

Marian was very excited about this. This is the icky squirrel skeleton stuck on the back fence. Kera said the children got a lot of mileage out of it during their games. Marian and Katie's cheetah antics used it most effectively.

These 2 were the only ones who held still long enough to get a usable shot. They had a good time hanging out and playing. I love that the cousins get along so well!

We went to lunch and then spent some time at a park before we drove back home. This was a pretty good park. All 10 children had fun and none complained of being bored while we were there! Yay!

Delaney is a cutie-patootie!

Rylee and Charlotte had a good time. I LOVE the way Rylee carefully enunciates "Shaw-yette". And there was no biting or pushing. Yay!

Marian dug a most impressive hole. Katie found a "buried treasure" in the sand and the big kids spent a lot of time trying to find more buried treasures. Alas, there were none to be unearthed.

Well, unless you count Joshua.....!

Okay this could have gotten it's own post, but I didn't do that. So, here's the set up. Dan and Rylee both had birthdays a few days apart. I know Dan detests sharing a birthday, but I celebrated them together anyway. We just had too much going on for me to do 2 separate celebrations.