Since Todd was gone this year for Memorial Day I decided it wasn't a day for home improvement projects. Instead I wanted to enjoy my day off of work and play with the kids and have family over to hang out. Success. It was a fun filled day.
I spent a few hours filling up water balloons. Our backyard faucet didn't work so we ended up in the front yard filling up balloons. Which meant we had even more kids to play since the neighbor kids weren't going to miss out on this party.
We had a water balloon toss
I filled and filled balloons
(I even got a crazy sunburn from sitting like that for a few hours)
(I even got a crazy sunburn from sitting like that for a few hours)
The kids played with bubble wands while I filled more balloons
The boys team
The girls team (with Trent)
Let the battle begin
When the balloons were gone the big kids were sent to the backyard so the younger kids could play in the water. Glen LOVED the hose!
Glen giving his dad a drink
Then Sophie and Josephine joined in the fun
Glen thought it would be fun to soak Sophie...and she didn't seem to mind it too much.
The big kids on the trampoline with the sprinkler underneath
Shadow kept running under the tramp to get a drink from the sprinkler then the kids would land on his head and he would run out again. It was HILARIOUS!
Then we kicked the big kids off again and let kids under 2 jump.
My mom helped the little kids stay on the side so they didn't get crushed by the big kids.
Then we bar-b-qued and had ice cream sundaes.
Roman loved the ice cream!
Roman loved the ice cream!
Trent captured what I did most of the evening .... the dishes.
Jeannie bathed the little ones.
Trent and Tayson cheesing it up for a quick self portrait
What a great day. The only thing that would have been better would have been Todd and all of our family here. We sure did miss Steve's family - I don't know how we'll make it through the rest of the summer without them!!!
2 comments:
Trust me, on Memorial Day, we would have much rather been home. That was the last day of travel. Seeing these pictures made me a little sad. I would have loved to be there! Just 7 1/2 more weeks, till we go home. LOL
btw, my favorite pictures are the ones of Glen, Sophie and Josephine with the hose! Totally cracked me up!
Looks like a blast...except for the water balloons. I hate filling up water balloons.
FYI - At the dollar tree, they have these plastic tubes that you suck up water with and then can squirt about a cup at a time. All you need is a bucket of water. My kids and all the neighbor kids love squirting each other all summer, and I don't have to fill water balloons. Or clean up all the broken ones.
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