Emma and Jake...

came home from AZ with us and stayed for 2 weeks. For those who don't know, Emma 8 and Jake 11 are my sisters kids. The kids loved to ride their bikes and play at the park. They pretty much enjoyed our beautiful weather. Emma and Emilee had a blast playing Barbie, scrapbooking, and playing with friends. Jake made a new friend and enjoyed playing video games with him.

The kids were here over the Salisbury family reunion, so we did a couple fun things while they were here. We hiked the Timpanogs Cave with the Ellsworth's (Symen's Aunt). It was a 3 or 4 mile hike round trip and the kids did great. Garrit got a ride from Marc or Matthew when he got lazy, I carried Zane on my back, and the rest of the kids never complained. Walking through the cave was pretty neat and views were awesome.

The highlight of the hike for Emilee was finding this caterpiller. Can you see it?

Also, while the kids were here we went to Lagoon, which is a little amusement park here in Salt Lake. The kids had a blast. Emma and Jake went on pretty much all the roller coasters, even the upside down ones that make you sick ones. I was pretty impressed with Emma she was doing what ever the big kids did. Emilee did as much as she could, she was to short for some of the rides and my little Garrit was to short for all the rides, however, he did have fun in the little kid area.

The girls played guess my weight game. The lady had to be with in 3 pounds for her to win and on all 3 kids, including Garrit she was 4 pounds off.

Zane did not enjoy the, merry-go-round however, he did enjoy the boats with his big sister.

All in all we had a great day. The kids went on roller coasters, merry-go-rounds, bumper cars, and played games. However, by the end of the day we were all exhausted.