Goodbye, Farewell, ado ado adoooo!

So, this week has been a week of goodbyes! Oh, that really sounds depressing! Well it's not, we will just miss the people we are saying goodbye to. My sister left this morning to start College in Colorado. She received a volleyball scholarship, so she will be there for at least a year playing ball. It's just really weird to have a sibling leave, minus my brother leaving for his mission, we tend to stay close to home. The other person that left was Mary Ann, Wilbert's brothers' wife (my sister-n-law) for North Carolina on Wednesday. Hiram, her husband, returns home from Iraq in less than a month, so she went back to prepare for him. Aiden really enjoys playing with his cousins and will miss them a lot. It's been nice hanging with her, seeing that our husbands are brothers, we had a lot to talk about. We just want them to know we will miss you guys!! Be Safe!! Well, we took a few last visits to some favorite places of the kids, her are a few shots of Annabelle and Aiden at Tempe beach park.

Makutus Island

Last Friday it was my nieces birthday, so to celebrate she wanted to go to Makutus Island. I had never heard of the place until my sister-n-law told me about it a little while back. (Incidentally that's where my niece broke her nose, she still wanted to go back, that's a whole other story) Anyway this place is pretty cool, even for adults. It's this gigantic play area with slides, rope climb, bridges, zip line, and arcade games. The kids had a really good time, and I will have to admit, I enjoyed crawling through some extra tiny dark, almost claustrophobic, places(thanks Mary Ann). The kids really enjoyed themselves, and a nice bonus, it wiped them out enough to take a long nap before the actual party! Aiden exaggerating for the camera!

Davin right before he went down the big slide!

Brylie not so sure she wants to go down!

Sorry Annabelle, he's mine!

Elam coming across the long bridge!

Annabelle coming down from the zip line.

The birthday girl and Davin

The Cousins

This past Monday we decided to change it up a little bit and go to the park for family home evening. The kids had fun feeding the duck, fishing, running in the sprinklers and playing on the playground. If you haven't noticed, I'm always taking pictures (I take my camera everywhere). Here are a few pictures of the boys and their cousins.