4th of July continued with the car show and parade. Uncle Carson and his family were able to come, and Aunt Kelli and her family came the next day. We had a full house with an extra 12 people for a week, and the kiddos loved every minute with their cousins!
Arianna and Amanda
The kids all loved taking rides in Uncle Kevin's scout. One of these days he'll put it in the car show. He's such a perfectionist he's waiting until it's in pristine condition apparently- even though it looks perfect to everyone else! :)
We stayed pretty busy all week. I took the crew on a hike while Kevin was at work one of the days. It was to the wind caves, one of my favorites for sure.
Uncle Carson was a little taken back at what great hikers all these kids are lol
I love hiking with my kids...it's my favorite!
Aunt Kelli and her youngest 3
Some of the cousins: Amanda, Hailey, Matthew, Lexi and Ari
Jay and Simon
Hailey, Amanda, Lexi, Amanda and Ari
Kevin loves his siblings. These three are the middle three of the five kids.
Kevin especially loved getting to go riding with Carson since he hasn't really been able to ride much with his busy schedule. (So fun! One of these days it will be my bike next to Kev's ;)
The cousins played outside a lot, especially in the sandbox of course!
Fire and smores. I just love our backyard by the way. Kevin did such a wonderful job with all our landscaping and our little patio in the back corner of our yard is one of my most favorite places to be :) It looks so nice now that the trees and shrubs have grown!
Megan, Lexi and Ari braiding each other's hair
Amanda loved designing more outfits for Hailey to whip up on her sewing machine. She is getting pretty awesome with that sewing machine, it's so fun!
The highlight of the week was Lagoon! We told our kids if they saved up their money we would go. It didn't take them very long to save up so I'm not sure why we waited so long but man did they have a blast!! It was SOOOO much fun!
Okay if you only knew how serious Ari's anxieties are, especially of heights. She won't ride on elevators or escalators even! Yet she followed her cousin Lexi on every rollercoaster ride at the park. It was such a crack up. She just wanted to be tough for Lexi I guess, but she did tell Kevin she was so scared she opened her mouth to scream and no sounds came out! lol
Slurpie run with Carson and Lana!
Time to go home- group hug!
Kelli and I try to take this picture every few years since our kids are all about a year apart.
And because this was such a fun filled week, lets end with my personal Super Hero just for fun
