On July 11, my friend Wendy Buhrley and I took our older kids to the Jonas Brothers Concert. I was a little leery because it was an outside concert and I thought it was going to be devastatingly hot, well it was.... But we had a fantastic time. Kelsey has asked me every week which one of the Jonas Bros. is my favorite. I can never remember what I have said to her the week before because I am not thinking that we are going to have the same conversation over and over ( I should know by now!), but she always remember which should be my favorite from week to week.
The next week my sisters and my Mom and I went to LA for a girls trip. We drove over Thursday morning and went to see Wicked that night.
We ate at Pink's hot dog stand (which is supposed to be one of the most famous hot dog stands!) We decided it wasn't really worth eating the food, but the adventure was fun!!!
On Friday we shopped in the fashion district all day!!! And then we decided we all wanted to go back the next morning!! We had a blast. We sadly drove home Saturday evening with full shopping bags and heavy hearts. My sweet sister Natalie has been here all summer with her family and this was the last thing we got to do before she left. We all knew when it was over she had to leave........we sure miss them (especially Macey!)
The next week after that we went to Greer for a whole week!!! Just Tyson and I and our kids! It was a great relaxing week, it is so beautiful there and the weather was great! We even had enough people to play a small game of softball. WOW that is a lot of kids!
On Monday we had Mexican day, we wore Mexican hats, ate Mexican food and played Mexican games, even a pinata!
On Wednesday we had hiking day and the kids got to swim in the river (this was Macey's favorite thing we did all week!) Then that night we had pizza night and they each got to make their own pizza's, yum!
Thursday was blue day, we all dressed in blue shirts, ate blue pancakes and blue-i-licious cupcakes and drank blue milkshakes that night. We visited the butterfuly museum that is in Greer and oddly enough it has nothing to do with butterflies. My kids were a little disappointed.
Friday was "hobo day" we went spelunking in a mud cave (or shall I say Tyson took the 4 older kids and Gage and I got to go on a short hike, with his cars!). We then made hobo dinners and took them to a camp site and cooked them over the fire and had s'mores for dessert! YUM!
We came home on Saturday to the heat and to reality of school starting too soon. What a great summer!
8 comments:
FUN!!!! Ok I am loving the theme days while at Greer, too fun.
Dang girl - you know how to spice up the cabin for the kiddo's! I bet they loved looking forward to different them days. Don't be mad, but I think I'll steal a few of your ideas for our upcoming cabin trip!
Wow! What a fun summer! I love themed days, I'm sure that's something your kiddos will remember forever!
I'm so sad our girls trip is over. I had so much fun. You took fun pictures, I'll have to steal them for my blog.
So so fun! I miss you guys! And tell Macey I miss her so much! And tell Gage I miss him too! I am sure he wishes I was there! What a fun trip to Greer! Way to be fun parents! Love you guys!
-Nat
BTW I didn't give you permission to use that picture of me with the straws up my nose. Expect to see a lawsuit in the next week!:)
How fun are you guys?! Theme days! Wow!
What a great trip to L.A and the cabin! Such cute pics! Looks like you girls had so much fun at the fashion district! Fun for you! And love all the fun things you did at the cabin for your kids. So creative!
The pictures of the sisters and your mom made me excited for me and my girls some day - it helps since I'm sad to see them growing up, but excited at the same time.
We know where you got your inspiration for theme days! Kenny and I used the same for our family camp in the uintahs - thanks grandma harbaugh!
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