4th of July - Days 1 & 2

For the 4th of July we drove up to Idaho to spend the weekend with my brother and his family. Everyone in my family made the trip up, so it was a full house with 25 people! The drive up there didn't go as well as we had hoped. We left before nap time hoping the kids would all sleep. Nope! I was driving so that Josh could finish his work for the day, which meant that I was SO stressed trying to drive and figure out how to keep the kids occupied. We finally pulled over so I could feed the baby and switch spots with Josh. The girls finally managed to fall asleep so we did have a little peace and quiet. We were 10 minutes away from exiting when there was an accident in the middle of the construction zone. So the one lane of traffic was stopped. Awesome. By now the kids hadn't gotten out of the car yet and were pretty restless. It took us 40 minutes to go less than 5 miles. We did, however, finally make it. We enjoyed the evening with everyone and put the kids to bed early. Saturday morning all the guys went shooting guns, so we spent morning playing with all the kids. My mom brought a giant bowling set, and the kids loved it.

 Jana brought out a huge tray of fruit and they ate about 90% of it!

 For the afternoon we set up the giant waterslide. These pictures don't do justice to how big this sucker is. It is a lot of fun and we spent about 4 hrs enjoying it. We've done the waterslide 2 other times since Brayden was born and he has always been terrified. We were SO excited that he finally loved it. I think he went down the slide more than most of us combined!

Here's Josh and Brayden. Brayden prefferred to go by himself, he told us afterwards:

 And yes, I went down as well...many times!

 Brooklyn took a nap when we started the slide, but I made sure we woke her up in time for her to get in on the action. As I expected, she didn't like it so much.

 I love this picture! Both their mouths are wide open...Josh laughing hysterically and Brooklyn screaming. Ah the things we make our kids do!

 These pics show how big the slide really is. All the guys ran and went down one after another, then crashed at the bottom. It was pretty hilarious to watch.

Brynlee wasn't a fan of the cold water. But she loved watching everyone.

 We set up a kiddie pool, but none of the kids really sat in it bc it was too cold.

 The rest of the night we hung out, watched the kids, and talked. Such a fun day!!!