Sheri and Gang are HERE!!!

FINALLY...after what seemed FOREVER in waiting...THEY ARRIVE!!! They had a great flight, and not long after they came Jeremy and Kori and angels showed up...and Dad...Preston and crew couldn't come until Saturday because Drew had the flu and we were heart broke...but they are here NOW and it has been a party!!! Now we just need Mom and Kelly and boys...There are just so many things I LIKE about "us" (meaning me and my siblings)...we have the same sense of humor, when we are together you can speak your real mind and they GET IT...we don't have to havc ANY plans (other than FOOD :) ) we LIKE to just talk and be together...everyone just LOVES each other...

Thursday we had a "wacky Wednesday" of days past...I missed MY little kids quite a bit....Josh...THANK YOU for making me the wheel!!! We used it to spin to choose what activity we were going to do next. The girls had as much fun helping me get it all together and get the stuff written on the wheel as they did participating I think. We did water bottle rocket launchers, sand castle contests, EGG Hunt, dollar store, bubble wands, side walk chalk, Slip in Slide (I stole the idea from Sam's baseball party SO MUCH FUN!!!!! Got a huge piece of plastic from Home Depot) cookie eating contest, parachute, my BIG Twister game I made out of 2 King sized sheets, paper airplane contest, sponge wars, ..and we never fit in the water balloon volley ball or musical chairs...they were so tired by 5:30 we just quit at dinner and NEEDED to hot tub and go to bed...I am LOVING having them all here!!! Molly and Sam Johnson got to come for the day as well as a friend of Austin's (Jordan)from Cininatti whose mother moved out here to be at Hill Air Force Base. It's been too cold and wet to go swimming...

Travis and his little brother Caleb came for dinner tonight too...Brennan is still at boot camp.

Here we are at Temple Square today on top of the Conference Center ALL LOVING and MISSING YOU JOSH!!! (and Michael...24 hours and Michael will FINALLY be home!!!) Spencer is missing because you know what you taught him Josh....NO PICTURES!

I have gobs of hot tub pics...the hot tub has been a savior with all the rain and cool...ALWAYS a good time to get in the hot tub!!!

William and Elle are officially BEST FRIENDS cause ELLE says so...they are pretty much inseparable and play together non stop...they are SO ADORABLE and SWEET to each other!!! Great sharers. So GOOD to have a cousin friend!!! We can't get enough of watching them.

Today is William's birthday and he is "free" (three) years old...we started celebrating by going to Salt Lake to Temple Square to watch the live Mormon Tabernacle choir concert...we toured the Conference Center too. Sheri's kids have never been. Gene and Sheri went home to his folks for lunch while everyone else came back here. They were back in time for SPAGHETTI and Meatballs (Williams favortie)! We played indoor bowling, the velcro ball toss, hide the stuffed animal and then broke his DINOSAUR Pinata...he had a chocolate Blue's Clue's Cake. I think he had a pretty great day...in addition to being in and out of the hot tub 3 or 4 times:)