Grandma and Grandpa Came to Visit

Jeff's parents came to visit us this past week. We had a lot of fun, and now the kids are very sad and bored. We did lots of shopping, went to the Cheesecake Factory, and just had fun hanging out. Jeff and his dad got new boats. There were lots of smiles on all the boys in our family. The kids LOVED playing with their dogs. Now Dallin tells me we NEED 2 dogs just like them. The dogs keep the kids entertained all day, so that was kind of nice. Dallin got lots of bonding time with Grandpa, which he really enjoyed. I was terrible about taking pictures during the visit, but I got a few of them with their new toys.

Kansas Part 2

We did lots of other things while we were in Kansas. Jeff went golfing a couple times. I got to go shopping. We stayed up late just talking, watching movies or storage wars every night. The men and the older kids went to the lake one day. Then we all went on Thursday. It was so much fun. Dallin stayed busy the whole time swimming with Kendra. Alyssa mostly ate on the beach.
The whole family went on the tube. Alyssa was scared until I got on, but loved it. When the boat stopped so we could get off she started crying for more!
Dallin is very brave and went on the ski trainer all by himself.
Alyssa enjoyed just chilling on the boat playing with the life vests buckles.
On the 4th of July we did fireworks. Dallin LOVES setting off fireworks just like his dad :)
Alyssa on the other hand HATES fireworks. She just does not like loud sounds. She cried a lot and kept telling me "inside inside inside!" So I just put her to bed before we really started.
Here are some videos of Dallin setting some off.

Kansas Part 1

We just got back from a week in Kansas. We had lots of fun, and we were all very sad to leave. We just love being with family. Jeff's sister and her family came to Kansas too. He also has a sister that lives there who just had a very cute baby. The kids LOVED playing with their cousins. Dallin and Kendra get along so well. It's great! Alyssa loved calling out to Ella. They are so cute.

They played lots of ring around the rosy!
Angry birds was played A LOT by the kids on the 5 different tablets there.
The X-box kinect was played by all.
Dallin mowed the lawn with Grandma.
On the very warm days, the kids played outside in the water. A caterpillar and the pool was out the first day. Dallin and Kendra did lots of somersaults over the caterpillar. Alyssa just liked to play with a leg when she finally was brave enough to go near it.

Another day the slip 'n slide was taken out. Dallin couldn't quite figure out how to slide down the ramp. He tried jumping...
Finally daddy "helped" him slide. He thought that was awesome, but Jeff tired quickly.


This pretty little girl didn't want to do the slip 'n slide so she played with the towels and Roxy.
Alyssa cried a lot the first night we were there when the dogs (they have 2) would come near her. It only took her about a day to warm up to them. Her favorite word by the time we left was ROXY! She said it hundreds of times every day. She was so sad to leave her behind. She liked Jed too. She got comfortable enough with him by the time we left that she would stick her fingers in his mouth and nose and laugh hard.