Family Fun

Last week my sister Annie and her family came to visit us up here in Eden and we had such a great time! My sister Amy had planned a family trip to Cherry Hill with just us girls and the kids! We honestly had such a great time we are thinking of making it a yearly tradition! All of the kids had a blast playing together. Here are some pictures:

Jaden absolutely LOVED the Pirate ship!!!! We spent a lot of time on it! My mom got him a pirate ship water table for his birthday so we have gotten VERY into pirates.
He just kept screaming "ARG"! Love him!

Jaden got such a kick out of Baby Johnny, hopefully he takes to his sister as easily!

Libby and Jaden had an absolute ball playing together, they both take a little while to warm up to things but before you know it they are running and screaming and jumping up and down doing "bum drops"

Sarah is the aunt of all aunts, always playing with the kids its no wonder she's the favorite! She took Haylie and Jaden down the lazy river numerous times! We only had one mishap...but no need to get into that :)

After you know...7hrs at Cherry hill, we attempted to go to Red Robin for dinner...I have no pictures...it was not pleasant...the kids were done...so was mom...next year we might re think that part! Thanks for planning everything Amy!!! It was a summer favorite!

One of the days the Norats were with us Annie and I packed up all the kids and ventured to the beach while the guys stayed home to do homework and study. I have been here all summer and this was the first time I have taken Jaden (pathetic I know) but it was so much fun.

We found a shady spot which was nice, and set up camp.

Johnny was a champ! and chilled in the stroller while we set things up.

The water was actually quite warm and the kids all enjoyed it! Haylie is our adventurous one so she was strapped to the life jacket the majority of the time, which is a good thing because knowing her she would have tried to swim out to the boats!!

I was suprised at how much Jaden enjoyed himself, but he had a great time digging in the dirt and throwing it back into the lake! We even made our first sand castle!!!

We had such a fun time having them up to visit and I wish I would have taken more pictures! We spent a lot of time just letting the kids run and play...and occasionally duke it out!
Thanks for the fun Norat family! We hope you will come up again soon!