Sick Brayden + Washing Lexi

Brayden caught a little 24 hr fever. The only good thing about sick kids is that they love to cuddle. By the evening it was time to get him off the couch and in the sun. So I took him outside while Josh and the girls washed the dog. 

Classic Fun Center

We went to the Classic Fun Center with Amy and her kids. I have not been there in years, and wow was I surprised. They have completely redone it. The kids had SO much fun. We ended up being there for almost 4 hours. We hardly saw Jaxon and Brayden. They were running all over the place. Claire and Brooklyn were really good about letting Brynlee tag along with them. Overall, it was one of the funnest days we've had in a while!

Farewell Aaron!

The time finally came for Aaron to leave for his mission to Spain. We headed to the Ericson's in the morning for a great waffle breakfast. We relaxed and talked for a while, took a bunch of pictures, then said our goodbyes. We all know he will be an amazing missionary. We'll miss you Aaron!

Talking to Rachael

Somehow Rachael was able to call home from her mission to talk to Aaron before he left for his mission. So she called about 1/2 hr before Aaron was getting set apart. We headed over to the Ericson's after Brooklyn's dance class and waited for her call. It was fun to talk to her and the kids loved telling her everything they've been doing.

Fun Night With Friends

Last minute we invited a bunch of friends over for pizza and to hang out. It was a lot of fun catching up with everyone. The kids had a blast playing and chasing each other all over the yard. We got Kube out and played a great game. Here are 5 of the 9 kids:

Gymnastics

Brooklyn's gymnastics class was having a free trial class for kids under 3. So of course I jumped at the chance to let Brynlee have fun. Surprisingly, Brynlee was very timid and shy and didn't want to leave my side. She is normally BEGGING me to let her go in when Brooklyn has her class. Finally I asked the teacher if Brooklyn could come in for a few minutes and play with Brynlee. It worked like a charm. The rest of the hour Bryn followed Brooke around and they just played and played!

Idaho

We went up to Idaho for my nephew's baptism. It was fun to have my entire family in my brother's house all weekend. We drove up late Friday night. The kids did pretty well, although Brynlee never fell asleep until 11:20. We got there at 12:30am and quickly put the kids to bed. We all slept in Hannah's room. Brynlee thought it was fun that we all were in the same room, and ended up being awake playing until 3:30. Awesome. Let's just say we didn't get much sleep that night. Saturday morning was Harrison's baptism. It was fun for the kids to sit up close and watch Harry go into the water. Afterwards we had a big luncheon at Ryon and Jana's house then relaxed all afternoon. For the evening we went to a great little restaurant. Hannah and her cousins watched all the kids so it was just the adults at dinner. Sunday we had a yummy breakfast then headed off to church. We left to go home Sunday night, as did Justin and Ali. Everyone else stayed until Monday afternoon. Overall, it was a great weekend!

The girls loved playing dress up:

 The boys were obsessed with Plants vs. Zombies:

 Playing with grandpa:

 Flag football was a ton of fun: