Weekend with the Cousins

Two weekends ago Jared and I had the opportunity to have our two nephews down from Idaho for a long weekend. My sis-in-law just gave birth to a cute little baby boy and we volunteered to take her kids so her and her hubby could get as much R&R as a newborn would allow.
Well, our weekend was eventful to say the least. We had the boys from Thursday thru Sunday and every night everyone crashed from exhaustion! I guess that's what happens when cousins play hard all day long!

Here is a pic of how I found the kids every morning. They wouldn't make a peep...just get out of bed and start playing. Their play of choice was dressing up in old costumes. Thank goodness there are enough options for everyone to dress up like they want:) This pic is a little out of order but my friend Ellie taught me some neat tricks on photoshop and I couldn't resist posting this one I did first. Here are Jacks and Colton standing in front of a plane at the Hill Aerospace Museum.

Okay now we're back in order. The first night the kids all just crashed from playing so hard, so the second night we made up for it and did a Pizza night for them. Jared made the dough and took the younger two to the store to pick out the toppings for the pizza. Then when everyone was ready they went to town. I could not believe how much cheese these kids would put on their pizza...we had to intervene a couple of time:) Nonetheless, the pizzas were great and the kids gobbled them right up.

The next day we ventured out with all five kids and took them down to the Hill Aerospace Museum. We had a great time, especially since we had our own personal tour guide, a.k.a. Jared! He knew a ton about these planes and especially some of the missles and rockets they had on display. Guess it comes with working in an Aerospace industry! The kids had a blast and their favorite thing to look at...the machine guns! Yikes!!

Here are the older three testing out the pilot ejection seat.

After the museum we came home and opted for a Movie Night. The kids picked Star Wars: Clone Wars and I must say it was pretty decent. We made popcorn and ate to our heart's content. I must say I was quite surprised at how much these kids loved our popcorn, maybe it had something to do with the stick of butter that was melted on top! YUM YUM!

We ended the weekend with church and then Jared took the kids back up to Idaho aftertwards. We had a great time and were amazed at how well Jared and I survived!