Cousin Fun in AR

 

So while my big kids were busy at camps, my little boys were living their best life for about a week in Mountain Home with their cousins. They had so much fun with their Aunts and their Nanny & Papa. 

One night they packed a picnic dinner and drove to the lake for the evening. They had so much fun playing together. I have so many fond memories of evenings at the lake with picnic dinners. So I loved that my kids got to experience this. 

Hazel and Benson just loved their Gatorade drinks so much. 

Another day they played on Papa's inflatable waterslide. This thing is always a hit and every year I worry my kids will no longer find it fun, but they still do. 

They also hunted for fireflies with their Utah Cousins and they hit the jackpot. The boys said they were lighting up everywhere and they were so easy to catch. 

They spent almost the  whole week in Mountain Home and then Aunt Sarah and Aunt Laura drove them all over to my house and Aunt Julieta came too, but again, all the kids were in Aunt Sarah's van. She's just the luckiest. And according to the kids, she's also the coolest because she let them each pick out a treat for the drive. 

They got in Thursday afternoon and we basically immediately went to the pool to swim. 
The kids had lots of energy they needed to get out. At this point, Bailey was still at YW's camp, so she missed out. But she was able to join us for some of the fun later on. 

We went to the Rogers aquatic center  on Friday and played hard. The kids were wiped out afterwards. 

Grant and I have developed a sweet little friendship. I just hope he doesn't forget about me when he goes back to Utah. 

After we left the aquatic center, we realized it was "National donut day" so naturally, we had to stop by Krispy Kreme on the way home to get our free donuts. The kids were pretty happy with that coincidence. 

Saturday morning Bailey got home from YW's camp. We played at the playground that morning before it got to hot and then walked over to sonic to get slushies. 

There's nothing like a sonic drink on a hot summer day. We have been so spoiled by having a sonic just down the street. The amount of money we've spent there over the last 10 years would be astounding. 

Saturday night we grilled hot dogs, had a water balloon fight, played in the sprinkler and made s'mores. 
It was such a fun night!

We played a version of musical chairs but with freezing when the music stop and dancing while the music is on. Then when the music stopped and everyone froze we would see who the sprinkler sprayed. The kids loved it. 

 

We had such a great night. On Sunday we went to church and just had a chill day together. It was nice to recover and hang out. 

Then on Monday we went to Lake Avalon and played in the sand and water. 

We had so much fun. 

Bailey mostly hung out in the shade, reading and listening to music. 

Tanner made a whole bunch of drip sand castles and called it "Drip Nation"

The boys and Max worked hard to make a water canal and sand castle system.

Grant and I made an awesome sand castle. I really loved the little sea turtles. 

We had a great time and the day flew by. 

After playing all day at the lake, we went back to the house to shower and get cleaned up. 

Then we baked some pizzas for the kids and the adults went out to dinner together. 

It was a fun night and we enjoyed some delicious pupusas.

The next morning the Allreds and Drakes left. Aunt Laura stayed for a couple more days and Tanner left for YM's camp. We had such a great visit with the cousins. It went by way too fast. 

Now June is more than halfway over and I'm sad with how fast it's going. 
Stay tuned for more summer fun.