We've been counting the days for Uncle Jim, Aunt Annie, Sam and Elena to arrive and finally the day came! Poor Sam came sick though...his tummy was hurting yesterday at school and then he got sick after getting off the plane. So we let him rest and feel better the first afternoon he was here. Poor guy even fell asleep on the couch around 5pm!
He perked up a little bit though to play with baby Ashley as he calls her!
The next day we went to Pump It Up!
Everyone had a fun time! Uncle Jim spoiled the boys and allowed them to do the wind tunnel thing. Their faces were priceless!
When we got home we broke out the castle and everyone went to work on making in nice and colorful!
On Friday we went to the AZ Science Center. The girls wore their matching outfits and looked too cute!
Helping win the tug of war!
Nana and Papa Steve came just in time to see all the kids enthralled with the gravity exhibit!
We tried to get a pic of Jim, Annie and the girls but Diva wasn't having it. Stinker!
We watched a demonstration for a while...when they started dissecting a cow eye ball Sara had to leave. Yuck!
We played outside for a bit! Ashley was so proud that he ball popped right into the basket.
Coin races!
And then instead of having our picnic lunch around downtown we headed back to Fireside and had our picnic at the park.
Came home for naps and then it was back to jumping!
And a mean game of Connect Four. Or just cover the board, whatever!
That night Mom and Dad watched the kiddos and we headed out for a night of fun. Or should we say early night of fun because our dinner reservations were at 5:30! We were the youngest people there by 20 years! After dinner we headed to our favorite gelato spot. Jim and Annie agreed and thank goodness they have dairy free options for Sara!!
After that we went to a dive bar that our friends Bobby and Julie introduced us to a while back.
Serious games of jenga ensued....
We had such a fun time together! Made us miss living in the same state so that we could get together more often and do things like this!
What were the kids up to while the parents were out? Getting on their matching 'ho ho' jammies as Ashley calls them!
And the boys apparently decided they didn't need jammie tops. LOL
As it turns out both Sara and Jim got sick overnight. Sara felt fine after getting sick (probably there was something in her pasta dish she wasn't supposed to eat with her allergies) but Jim definitely got what Sam had. And on Saturday morning when Nana Jeanne and Papa Steve came up they too were feeling under the weather so we sent them back home to rest and feel better. So Annie and Sara took the kids over to a new park. Sam didn't understand how Trevor got all the way up there! Mommy didn't either really...especially in flip flops!
Cheese! Ashley loved going down the slide and up the steps time after time!
Elena much preferred just sitting in her Mama's lap taking selfies :)
And then it was time to go home. Sure glad that Ashley has an older brother and an older boy cousin to look after her!! Aren't they so cute?
While the girls were napping Annie and Sara met Annie's cousins at another park. It was so good to see Olivia, Chloe, Beckett and Romeo...the kids picked up like they were besties reunited!!!
At night we grilled a nice steak dinner and played cards (Sara is still on her losing streak...even after playing every night Jim and Annie were here!!). Sunday morning Brian took the boys to get donuts and they could not wait to get their hands on them!
Nana and Papa Steve were still under the weather, as was Jim and now Annie was getting it. So we made Mom and Dad stay home again but Jim and Annie rallied enough to go up to Firetruck park for the kids to run around and play.
Uncle B was the champ, playing and running around like a crazy person so Uncle Jim could relax.
The girls with their bubble skirts and bars!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..................
We picked up Subway for lunch, ate and put the girls down for naps. Uncle B took the boys over to the clubhouse pool to jump and dive and swim as well as a quick stop at the park before coming back and swimming in the hot tub!
With people not feeling well we had a low key evening. Ashley apparently wanted to party. So glad Uncle Jim and Aunt Annie got to experience a full meltdown!
Low key = lots of screen time. Notice eveyone here is either on their phone, ipad or watching TV. Except Toby...he's looking at his Mommy! LOL
And then on Monday morning Ashley went to school, Nana and Papa were feeling a bit better so they came up to say goodbye and off the crew went to the airport. So sad :( We had such a wonderful time together. So many happy memories to fill our hearts until we get to spend time together again. Love you all so much! No worries though...you left a little something behind. There truly is a curse of the cousins. Now Trevor has what Sam brought. Kind of. No throwing up or #3 as Annie called it (debated to call it #2.5) but high fever and just doesn't feel good. He ended up taking a 3 hour nap on the couch that afternoon. Feel better soon pooks!
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