Cousin Week

July 26-29:  This year we got to have Jadyn & Jaren come stay for part of a week.  It was so fun having them with us and we packed in lots of fun things.  We brought them home with us.  We had to drive our Pilot instead of the van so we could fit 6 kids.  It was beyond squished with all of our luggage but we made it!  We drove back on Sunday, stopping for lunch at Turtles (one of our favorite, Kids eat for $1 on Sundays!)  We had a little bit of time to hang out and unload before we packed up to head to a pool party/cook out with some friends from church.

Jaren is freakishly good at the claw machine game so within minutes he had a "cool" new toy!

On Monday we had a beach day.  I packed lunches and headed to Indiana Dunes with all 6 kiddos.  We had such a fun day.  We got their right as they opened for swimming and stayed until closing time.  The kids played hard and also had fun climbing the dunes and running down.  That night we ordered pizza and had a movie night.

On Tuesday we started our day with a dentist appointment.  All 4 of my kids had checkups and Jadyn & Jaren were happy to come along for the ride.  After the dentist we headed over to a local park/splash pad to spend our morning.  The kids had fun walking over the foot bridge and wading in the river.  Next up it was McDonald's play place for lunch.  Back home for our afternoon... the girls had a spa day complete with foot baths, face masks, and infused water.  The boys played outside and spent some time playing wii.  We finished off our afternoon with a HUGE water balloon fight that lasted approximately 3 minutes.  That night we cooked out and made s'mores over the fire place.  I set up the tent to let the kids take turns camping out but the girls decided not too and the boys only lasted a few hours before they decided to come in. 

On Wednesday (our last day) we headed to Splash Station--a local waterpark.  We had fun swimming, sliding, and relaxing in the sun.  That evening Marc drove the kids half way to met their mom. 

The kids loved having time with their cousins.  Hoping we can make it an annual tradition!