The past week was filled with fun and excitement with almost all of my Fam coming into town for the Fourth of July!
About 2 hours after Natalie got home from the hospital the Heather and Steve and kids rolled into town from Bear Lake where they had been with Steve's Family! Then later that night Adam came with his kids, but not Mar since she's too pregnant to travel. Originally she thought that sending her hubby and kids off to Utah would be a great idea but realized even before she left that sending her family off to be with HER family was not such a great idea! We missed her a ton and give full props to Adam who was so brave to travel alone with all 4 of their kids!
Natalie, Reece and Brooklynn in matching nighties!
On Thursday Heather and I had to come up with something fun to do with 11 kids while the boys went golfing so I got online and saw that Boondocks Fun Center offered group rates with groups of at least 10! So up to Draper we went for a fun filled afternoon of pizza, arcade games, lazer tag, mini-golf, bumper boats and go-karts!
Me and Joshie. He is so stinkin' cute! As my friend Janine said, "he's yummy!"
The go-karters!
The mini-golfers
Reece, who seems to be getting over her aversion to camera's
Natalie golfing left-handed. She actually got a hole-in-one!
Me and Brady on the bumper boats. Auntie Heather was such a good sport waiting for all of us to do our non-pregnant approved activities!
Since Natalie couldn't do the go-karts, boats of lazer tag I snuck her 20 extra tokens for the arcade. On her very last token she stuck it in a jack-pot machine and got the jack-pot of 100 tickets! When all was said and done she had over 300 and was able to get herself a little pillow to rest her broken arm on!
Friday afternoon Ryan and Nicole and Kids arrived. That evening we headed to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House. (to learn more about LDS temples click here)
Me and TJ waiting to see the little movie before you go in the temple.
Natalie, Marin and Brooks
The "big" kids, minus Amber
Even though it took us 3 hours from start to finish at the temple I think it was a great experience for the kids and one I hope they remember!!!
note: if you're not a member of our faith and ever have the opportunity to attend a Temple Open House, which many of you will when the Calgary Temple is built, I strongly recommend it! Temples are beautiful buildings inside and out and Open Houses give people an opportunity to learn more about the purpose of Temples! I don't think it typically takes 3 hours to get through, we just happened to go on a really really busy evening!
Now...stay tuned for my Fourth of July post!
4 comments:
Yeah!! So fun! It will be so fun to have older kids and get togethers with cousins!! Looks and sounds like a fun weekend was had!!
You and Heather are two brave women to take 11 kids to Boondocks! You totally rock! So sad for Mar, don't worry, you'll be back in the groove of traveling again soon! I wish we would have been more awesome and would have come over for the Draper Temple open house. I bet your kids had a great time and will remember it!
Love it! Loved being with you guys! Wish we were still there. Miss you bunches.
When we were in Utah this summer we all went as an activity for the family reunion to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple too! It is a gorgeous temple! I LOVED it!
P.S. if u don't remember who I am, I am Kristen Hollingshaus. I was in the Plainfield ward when you lived here and I still am here. You probably remember Elizabeth better than me!
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