cousins, teepees, movie nights and more!

We have been home from Utah for a week now and are finally settling into our normal routine.  It feels so good to be home... we love Ohio so much.  We do however miss all of our family in Utah so so much.  We had such a nice, long visit with everyone.  It was a blast.  I am too lazy to make these into little blogs about each event... so there will be several blogs with loads and loads of pictures.  

We had to split the time with both families while we were there which is always a struggle, but this year it worked out pretty well.  The week of the 4th we were back and forth a lot.  We had a lot of fun with my family out in Salem.

Lincoln even got to drive the 'tractor'!

My parents arranged to have this tee pee set up in their backyard!  It was very picturesque with the mountains in the background.  I just loved looking out there to see it.

We had a campfire and everything.  We are tin foil dinners that night.  So good.  My parents slept in the tee pee with ALL of the grandkids.  No parents allowed.  I heard it was a blast and there was only one escapee (Graham).

So many cousins, so little time!  (We missed you, Kyle!)

I just love Allie's face in this picture!

I asked her to smile....

Boy cousins....

We made 'smores' out of ice cream cones, m&m's and marshmallows.

The next morning we were all inside hanging out and my brother said, "Um.... did you know there's a horse tied to your playground outside?!"  Turns out my parents had a horse lined up for the grandkids to ride that afternoon!  They had so much fun riding him.

More tractor rides!

I'll never forget her little voice... "I want to ride by mine self!"

My little sister arranged an outdoor movie night on a projector screen.  We watched Mirror Mirror until my kids started drifting off, or were bored to death.

There may have been a dance party while we waited for it to get dark...

The little ones had a hard time being quiet during the movie.....

Peter watched for about 30 seconds...

Graham was in heaven playing outside all day, everyday with or without his cousins!