visit to illinois

So kinda spur of the moment we planned a trip to my parents house because Alan would be gone to Colorado for a week with the varsity scouts and my parents cancelled their vacation and two of my sisters were also going to be visiting.  So even though I probably should have been cleaning and packing the house, I packed up the kiddos and headed to Illinois!  They had so much fun playing with cousins that I am glad we went.

Naomi's first sandbox experience went well, only some went in her mouth and the rest went in the diaper!

 She really liked digging and patting down the sand.  I was proud of the boys for not dumping sand all over her!

 Here is stone cold Jackson (my new nickname for him).  He like me well enough but I can't get him to smile, but you should have seen the huge smile on his face when his daddy showed up!

 I love it when everyone can play together and get along!

 The birthday girls!  Aunt Leslie just had to find a tiara for Naomi too!

 Grandpa took us to the new water park in Mt Vernon, the water was cold, but the kiddos had a lot of fun!

 For some reason the lazy river was warmer than the kiddo area, so the boys liked riding around with grandpa.

 And Naomi had a fun ride with grandma!

 My sweet angel!  Don't you just want to eat her up!

 My devious Isaac-you never know what this little monkey is up to!

 Naomi and Jackson kept having these power stuggles over the same toy, it was really funny!

 Ellie and Naomi just hanging out!

 and what visit is complete without a bathtub full of cousins??

It is so fun to be with family and especially when they all play nice together!

When we got home, Naomi decided to help me unpack.  She loved climbing in and out of the suitcase.