Holiday Weekend

We had a super fun weekend!

There are several community pools in the area we had not previously visited, so we decided to try one out on Saturday. We showed up right at noon when the pool opened, which, conveniently, was the same time the Texas A&M football game started. So, the pool was pretty empty (HUGE Aggie football fans around here). Sweet!

Brenna and McKell spent almost all their time in the baby pool. There was a little tadpole slide Brenna was too afraid to try, but that McKell LOVED.

Kaylee & Ashlyn had fun trying to get across the slippery lily pads.

Ashlyn found out she could get really far by flopping from one pad to the other on her belly (she always jumped off once she got to the logs in the middle though because they were HOT!)

The pool also had two big twisty slides that both older girls were tall enough for.

And a little log slide that they enjoyed. We will definitely be visiting this pool again next summer!

This has nothing to do with the swimming pool, but Ashlyn and McKell have started playing this darling game in the car where they'll touch their little feet together. Such sweet sisters!

Monday we were thrilled to have some friends from our BYU days come up from Houston for a visit. Russ knew Jud from his Chemical Engineering program, and then they ended up in Boise for a Micron internship the same summer we were there. The last time we saw them they had 1 baby boy and we had 1 baby girl. Now they have 4 boys and we have 4 girls. :)

The girls are always a little tentative about playing with BOYS they've never met before, but clearly, they found a way to have a GREAT time together. 

We always like to get in some Just Dance when we have friends over.

The kids were all cheering on their respective Dads during this dance off.

The trampoline was the star of the day. Two of the little boys would go out to jump, come in for a drink, go back out to jump, come back in for a drink, etc. etc. etc. 

We had so much fun eating a talking and playing and catching up! Hooray for friends! And hooray for holidays!!!