My cousins, Sarah & Zachary stayed at our house for 2 days (Dec. 29-30th) while their parents had a much needed break. Upon hearing that my Aunt & Uncle had never gotten away without their children since they have been married 16 years, I told them they had to leave them with us so they could enjoy that much needed couple time. I am glad they took me up on it. The kids had such a fun time with them here. Sarah & Zachary have some pretty crazy food allergies, which makes eating a little hard, but we all survived and it made me be more creative in what foods I made. Luckily they are old enough to make their own foods also, so they were great at eating what they brought with them.
Sarah & Zachary don't have a Wii at their house and ended up playing it WAY too much while here! I think they made up for the past 3 years of lost time:). All of the kids played Mario Kart over and over again. Zachary also played the piano with all of the children gathered around him. I wish I had taken more pictures. They got along really well together.
That evening we took them up to a great sledding park by our house and let them enjoy sledding for about 1 hour. They all had a great time. I sat in the van with Byron and Bradley, so I didn't get as many pictures as I wish .
Sarah & Zachary don't have a Wii at their house and ended up playing it WAY too much while here! I think they made up for the past 3 years of lost time:). All of the kids played Mario Kart over and over again. Zachary also played the piano with all of the children gathered around him. I wish I had taken more pictures. They got along really well together.
That evening we took them up to a great sledding park by our house and let them enjoy sledding for about 1 hour. They all had a great time. I sat in the van with Byron and Bradley, so I didn't get as many pictures as I wish .
Johnathan after getting hit with a snowball.
Cute Parker going down the hill with a garbage bag. He actually got going pretty fast and loved it.
The crew (minus Tanner) - Zachary, Johnathan, Parker, Sarah, Camille & Carter
Carter on his garbage bag.
We are lucky to be able to see Jared's family every year for Christmas since he goes to Corcoran the same year we do or comes here to Salt Lake when we stay home. This year we were able to spend a day with his family. We had fun going to the dinosaur museum again with them. Last time they were up here they came with us for the first time. Apparently Tavis hasn't been able to quit talking about it so we went again. We all had a great time together. Byron took the day off from work so he could spend it with us also. (Above - Bradley, Carter & Parker enjoying the basketball game at the Dinosaur Museum.)
Danielle, Jared, Parker, Camille & Jade
Camille loving the opportunity to hold Jade.
Tanner & Zachary in the sand.
Bradley & I
Bradley, Camille, Carter & Parker
Camille had fun capturing pictures of her cousins. Here are just a few she took of Jade & Tavis.
Jared & TavisAfter we had seen enough dinosaurs for one day, we headed back to our house. We got the kids fed and headed out to Chili's with the adults. What a nice break to have the children under good hands and to be able to actually have a decent conversation without being interrupted. After talking for quite some time we realized that the inevitable had to happen - we had to return to our children at some point. We had a great time with them and the kids loved playing with Tavis and Jade.
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