China Brother (not china glitter) weekend

 

 

 

 

It was two years since we had last seen my brother Andrew and his wife Kimi. They teach English in China and don't make it home that often although I'm sure after all the fun they had this trip they will not wait two years again.  We were able to spend a lot of time together and this last weekend before he left we played as much as we could. 

The highlights from the last weekend~

Date night to Sushi Brokers with 3 of my brothers followed by

seeing the movie 500 days of Summer. 

I loved the movie. Dusty loved the movie. I love date nights. 

Lots of swimming and lots of Hunter crying over something that Gabe did to him. 

Going on a walk through the prettiest old neighborhood and taking pics of my girl. 

Trying to get a family pic. All the boys ages 27 and up were THE WORST for taking pics. 

My husband in particular is the biggest baby about getting family pics taken, but my brothers were

 almost as bad as him. The kids aside from one were easier to deal with than the adults. 

All in all it was a fun month having Andrew and Kimi here and I know 

Emma asks me everyday if she can go to China to see Andrew and Kimi. 

Although she asks me everyday to go to Grandma's house and to Hadyn's house also............

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There may have been some crushes that developed up there and I'm pretty sure they were on the same girl.............

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                 Emma was content to do what she always does...........whatever she wants, pretty much doing anything without asking which is changing into different bathing suits 5 times a day and doing whatever she feels like.  She loved having her friend Hadyn up for a day and Ben was in heaven having friends up there who enjoyed doing what he likes.  That consisted of exploring anywhere he could and trying to rescue every bug, caterpillar, snail, moth, rolypoly , ant and pretty much any other living thing. The older boys just threatened to put salt in the the snails pretty much the whole day. 

 

 

 

 

                                              We drove the couple minutes to slide walk one day where Hunter tried 

                                                   to race every person down the slide and I lost Ben for a long 5 minutes. 

                                               

                                             

 

 

 

 

A Cabin that sits on Oak Creek is quite possibly the best vacation for kids and for me. 

The kids survived the week without internet video games and very limited t.v.

They roamed the property looking for bugs and played a thousand games of baseball and badmitton. 

The daily hikes and swimming in the swimming holes were also highlights. 

Playing with uncles, grandparents, cousins and friends outside all day makes them happy and I enjoyed it just as much as they did.