Too Long!

The alarm went off and I rolled over to see what time it was. '3:30? I have only been asleep for 3 hours. Weren't we suppose to get up at 4? Why did we decide to wake up and leave this early?' These were the things going through my mind early Friday morning. I had stayed up until 12:30 packing and getting everything ready so we could just get up, get in the car, and leave.
We got all the last minute things and our crazies in the car and headed out. Around 11am we pulled into Dan's brothers house. It was a nice car ride with the crazies sleeping for more than half of the trip. We went in and said our hello's and then got the girls in their swimsuits and headed out to a park to surprise Dan's mom. She didn't know that the whole family was there.
We all decided to play in different area's of the park when she showed up. When they got there and were walking through the park, she walked right past a couple of the grandkids (they were even saying their names.) When she got to the area that Jo Jo and Ainsley were playing in, she watched them for a bit and kept glancing at me. She looked at me and I looked at her and she kept looking at me. If I was a stranger it would have been a little bit awkward. Finally after a bit, she realized that it was me. Pretty funny that it took her so long.



At the park, there was a part were the water shoots up for the kids to play in. They had fun in it and Ty didn't want to be taken out of it. We had lunch and soon after eating a water fight erupted. Michele and I ended up getting completely soaked, which was fine because it was hot. Afterwards we went back to the Roper's house to clean up a bit.




We decided to go bowling. I haven't been for such a long time and the girls had never been. Everyone had such a good time even though we all sucked it up! After bowling, we went back home and had dinner, played games, the girls watched the kitty eat, and had light saber duels.






The next day we went to the Brooks' house and played hide-n-seek, board games, an eye game (Good job to Nathan for getting them all--Did you cheat? :) Just kidding.) We had lunch and a yummy ice cream cake for Ty's Birthday. Hugh and Dan had a hot dog eating contest which Hugh won. We had a family discussion and we were just able to relax and have fun with each other which hasn't happened for like 4 years. 4 years is a long time to not have the whole family together.






Sunday we went to the first hour of church and then said our goodbyes and took off. Ty HATED being in the car for so long, but we managed to make it to Delta. We made the side trip to see the new addition to the family and boy is she a cute little chunk! It is crazy to me that my baby sister is now a mom. She is a good mom too! I didn't get any pics of the girls holding Harlie, but Nana did and I will have to get those later.


We finally made it home and Ty was so excited to be in her own home (and not sitting in her car seat) and the girls were excited to sleep in their own beds. It was a funtastic trip and I hope that the next get together isn't so far off. Thanks to everyone for making it a fun and relaxing (for the most part) trip.