Road Trip!

We road tripped up to say with Tisha, Aaron, Addie & Ava this past weekend.  Usually they have a big get together Memorial Day weekend, but there was a wedding that weekend, so instead we did it this weekend.  We go & Aaron's siblings & all their kids go.  And Aaron's parents.  And usually Jeff's parents too, but unfortunately given Jeff's dads recent back surgery, they didn't make it this year.  We missed them! 

About 7 hours up, including 2 potty stops & a potty/lunch stop.  And about the same back.  We even successfully braved road tripping up there in underwear for all 3 kids!  The boys were in pullups the ride home, because I new they would be tired & sleep more & thank goodness they were, because they both randomly had poop accidents while playing in a McDonald's play gym.  Weird. 

There was some intermittent rainy weather, but we had a blast.  There were 9 kids 4.5 & under plus parents, grandparents & a few other aunts & cousins that stayed together under one roof Saturday night.  It was quite a party!  Historically our kids are so shy & needy.  Last year there, they did start to break out & play, but always had to be sure mom & dad were near by.  This year however, they wouldn't have cared one little bit where we were.  They played & socialized & had a blast.  Not sure if its just age, or if we can attribute a lot of this to school? 

There was also one of Aaron's nieces, who will be either in 7th or 8th grade next year, who we really should have paid come the end of the weekend.  Man, she played & entertained & watched those kids.  Her name is Holly.  At my family gatherings there is a cousin named Avery, who is a bit younger than Holly who plays with the kids.  It took them a while to start calling her Holly, not Avery.  Then, one of Holly's little cousins for some reason calls her Bobby Dot.  So Holly had all the kids chasing he around, calling her Bobby Dot all weekend. 

Anyways, here are a few pictures of our fun!!

Potty stop!!

{ What it really looked like}

 Saturday lunch with 8 of the 9.  Hayden didn't want to sit at the little table (notice him at the big table behind them all).  Clockwise:  Olivia, Isaac, Addie, Evan, Avery, Logan & Ava.  And baby Sofie is just like 7 weeks old, so she wasn't in on the lunch party.

 Another Baby came to visit too!!

Played all.day.long!!!

 Logan LOVED LOVED "Bobby Dot"

Tag!

 Holly & Logan

 Poor Holly!

 Ava & Hayden

 Hayden LOVES to pick "flowers" for me :)  He is such a terror, but he can be oh so sweet.

 Logan playing bean bag toss while the big guys were taking a break.

 

This boy has some serious athletic talent in him!!

 

My beautiful girl!!

 And my most favorite photo of the weekend & quite possibly my most favorite photo of Olivia ever!  Simply stunning!!

 The 5 biggest kids movie in Tisha & Aaron's bed to quite down before bed.

When we got home, literally we had JUST pulled into the driveway at 9pm, our neighbor lady was just pulling out & said a church just up the street was having a big fireworks show.  So we quickly went potty, threw on some long pants for the cool evening, grabbed some snacks & hit the road again.  It was a good show, just long enough for our kids' attention span.  And this year no one was scared or cried!  Yay!  They did however say, "That one sounds like a fart."  "EW!"  "That firework needs to poop."  "Eww.. they are stinky fart fireworks."  Oh.... boys will be boys.

 

What an awesome jam packed weekend!!!