Family Fun!

We had such a great mini vacation last weekend up north visiting Aunt Mel, Uncle Bryan & all the cousins! G-ma and G-pa were brave enough to host BOTH of our families, for a grand total of 6 kids. We were so glad to be able to spend some time with the cousins while they were visiting, not to mention spending time "Up Nothe" with G-ma and G-pa is always right up Elianna's alley.

On Friday we went to visit a man who had the coolest miniature train. He let all the kids take turns riding it, and the daddies took turns driving it. It even went through the woods and over a little bridge. The kids were all given conductor hats, which made for a great photo-op... Okay, maybe the hats were a bit too big, but they'll grow into them!

There was also a real rail car to climb in and explore.

The rest of the weekend we spent lazing around and making sure none of the kids fell in the lake. The kids spent their time exploring, playing in the water, playing "King/Queen of the Sand Pile," jumping on the jump-o-lene, and a hundred other games they made up on their own.

Elianna really enjoyed having four days with Daddy not having to go to work! She is such a Daddy's girl...

The evenings wound down with Uncle B hosting a group bath.

As all vacations do, it ended WAY too quickly. Now we are just crossing our fingers that they can move closer in a couple years... Then we could make our lake trips a regular thing!