A Week With the Ehat Kids

My darling sister, Janelle, and her oh so hilarious husband, Peter, took their first trip to Kauai, Hawaii in August. Kauai is one of my favorite places and Janelle and Peter are some of my favorite people, so naturally I was so bummed to not be making the trip with them. (Next time!!)BUT, they stopped by before they went on their trip to drop off their cute little munchkins for us to play with while they were away.

little Logan

The kids bounced back and forth between my house, Jen's house and Grandma's house and just couldn't seem to get enough of each other.

And we did LOTS of playing! We had Sunday dinner at our house so this kids had lots of room to run around and play.

Maddie on the swingsTyler, Lauren and Drew Ashlyn and Emily

We took all the little monkeys to the zoo

Emily, Ashlyn and Brynne

Lauren giving Ashlyn "a boost"LaurenMy mom and meMaddie in the petting zooNathan, my mom, Lauren, Maddie, Brynne, Janey, AshlynGrandma and Logan

We celebrated Maddie's birthdayAnd Ashlyn got what I'm sure will be a scar to match her dad's. She was chasing balloons with the other kids in Grandma's living room and tripped and split her chin open on grandma's brick fireplace. What a sad face! Poor baby!

We took the kids to the water park

Ashlyn and Emily

waiting for the rest of the group so we could go in together

Brynne and AshlynAshlyn on the kiddie slides

A collage of cute pics that I borrowed from my sisterAshlyn and Maddie just relaxing near the "beach" of the wave pool

We had lots of sleepovers

Ashlyn and Emily playing dress up
Austin and Emily

Ashlyn got those darling masks from Stephen last Christmas and the kids have so much fun with them.

Emily has such a fun personality and constantly had me laughing. While the kids were playing with the mask, Emily came up to me and asked where the highest point in our house was. I wasn't sure. I gave her a few suggestions and then asked her why she wanted to know. She answered, "because, I'm the rooster and I need to know where to go to say cock-a-doodle-do in the morning." Sure enough, the next morning, I heard Emily, "cock-a-doodle-do! cock-a-doodle-do!" So funny!

The girls loved to watch movies in the theater. I went to check on them and found them sound asleep in their reclining chairs, next to their popcorn and candy.

Ashlyn and Emily

Nothing like Little Einstiens on the big screen!

The big kids loved swimming in the pool and riding the quads around the property.

Maddie and TylerLauren giving Ashlyn a ride

Tyler and Jessica enjoying their ice cream at the end of the day

Grandma and Janey took the kids to a museum and the lake one day, but I was way too exhausted with all the "partying" we had been doing to join them. I think the kids had a good week and we created some fun memories!!