4th of July in Kansas

We went to Kansas for our annual 4th of July trip. We only live 8 hours away this time so that's nice :) We left Friday afternoon when Jeff got home from work. Dallin and Alyssa did pretty good besides not leaving Brooke alone, who was between them. Brooke pretty much split the time between screaming and sleeping. She was not a fan of the long car ride. 

Four out of the five siblings on Jeff's side were there and all 11 grandchildren, so it was a very full house. Dallin and Alyssa LOVED playing with all their cousins. Brooke loved being held the whole time. She slept great the whole time going sometimes 11 hours at night. Since we have been home, she wakes up almost every hour. I need to fix that :) The kids shared a bed and did better than I thought they would. They liked getting to play with each other until falling asleep...

 

On Monday everyone took shifts out to the lake. Since it was 105 + outside I didn't really take Brooke outside. Only Dallin and Jeff went from our family, but they were there the entire day. Dallin and Jeff loved it. Dallin did the ski trainer a few times (and even stood up) and did the tube. He loves being out there and Grandpa's boat. 

On Tuesday all the ladies + Brooke spent the day shopping. Brooke did pretty good and it was a lot of fun shopping. 

On Wednesday all the men went golfing while the kids played outside. The kids had a blast outside in the water. Alyssa did more than I thought she would do. 

 

Brooke in her 4th of July dress. 

Wednesday night was fireworks night. A couple nights before Dallin and Alyssa fought about whether or not Alyssa HAD to watch the fireworks. She really didn't want to but was brave and stayed up. Alyssa even did the poppers.

Alyssa feeling safe in Grandma's lap. 

Dallin LOVED setting off the fireworks. He was pretty good at setting them off and running away :)

 

Brooke had no problem with the fireworks. She even fell asleep in my arms during them.

On Thursday everyone went to the waterpark. I stayed home with Brooke. Apparently Alyssa screamed for the first hour or so. Finally she went down the baby slide and loved it :) The kids had so much fun.

On Friday we went to the children's museum and out to Chick Fil A. We all had lots of fun. We took a picture of all 11 of the kids while we were there. 

There was a sweet castle to climb around in with lots of activities.

Brooke smiling at Daddy while Dallin and Alyssa play.

 

Dallin in time out :)

 

Dallin and Kendra being King and Queen. 

 

Flying!

 

 

The rest of the days were spent hanging out with the family. Lots of good food was eaten (Blue Bell Ice cream!!!!!), movies were watched, and lots of talking with each other. It was lots of fun.