Cousin Camp 2013 (Part Three)

Saturday morning we woke up bright and early (just like every other day).  The kids had some fun with the punch balloons Kiki got them.

Our plan for the day was to play a little golf and swim at MiMi's and Big Daddy's (Kristin in-laws).  Just as we got all the kids out the door and Kristin attempted starting the car we discovered it was dead.  Good thing her husband was there to give it a jump.  Too bad it took several tries and about 20 minutes for it to be a success.  Due to the stress of the situation (and the 100+ degree heat outside) I waited until the car was started and all cables were unhooked to snap this picture.   :)

 The kids sure were excited to get on the road!

The boys and Ellie played some golf and then we had some fun pool time.  Thank you MiMi and Big Daddy for always being such awesome hosts!

 We had some lunch and then headed over to the splash pad.  They had so much fun but these Mamas were ridiculously hot!

We decided to head over to Nonnie's (a really cute soda shop with yummy ice cream) to cool off!

 Tell me I don't have the cutest niece EVER!

 We headed back to the house and the boys captured the day with some more journaling.  I just loved watching them put their thoughts onto paper.

 Then it was arts and crafts time.  KiKi had a plan! :)

 

Will made me a beautiful flower out of duct tape.  This is one of the best presents I have ever received!

 Cards we made for the grandparents.

 These boys were cracking me up trying to rip the duct tape.

 Finished picture frames.

 Later that night we let the boys make their own pizza.  Will and Ben had their own aprons.  Kiki tried giving Garrison one but for some reason he didn't feel comfortable wearing the ruffled frilly apron.  :)

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 Finished product!  Yummo!

 The adults got to participate too, of course.  Mmm mmm good!

What time is it?  Smore time!!!

 

Uncle Chris thought it would be a fun idea to run a HUGE bubble bath for the kids.  So he did.  And boy was it full!  So full in fact that he had to scoop some into the shower with a few naked tales.

 Ethan and Ellie got to bathe first.  Ethan:  "What is on your head?"

 Three (adorable) little monkeys!  I cannot wait until they're 18, 16 and 14 to show them this one again! :)

What a fun night!  Off to bed the kids went.  Little did they know their moms turn into super heroes after 10 pm.  :)

 

What do super heroes love to do?  Scare the crap out of their husbands of course!

 

These next few pictures pretty much sum up Cousin Camp!  :)

 

 ~Jewels*

Cousin Camp 2013 (Part Two)

The theme for Friday was "we are special".  Kiki made these really cute signs and hung them on the chairs for all the kiddos. 

The challenge for the day was for the big boys to tell us what made them special.  We got a lot of "because God loves me" answers which is fine by me because it's oh so true!  I wish we could all think as simply as our kids do and remember just how much God loves us.  And sometimes that's all we need to remind ourselves in our crazy day to day life.

I love their final pose after their morning dance party.

 Me and Ellie Day watching the show.

We made the hour long trek to Brenham.  What's in Brenham you ask and worth driving an hour for?  The original Blue Bell factory of course!  This was well worth the drive.  Our tour guide was so sweet and informative and they have a really cute gift shop there too.  I got a coffee mug for myself and a beer koozie for my hubby, which he has been using every night since we have gotten back.  :)  Oh and the free ice cream at the end ain't too bad either! ;)

 The cute barn elevator door

 After the tour we headed to Chappell Hill Bakery and Deli and had some oh so yummy BBQ!  After standing in line for about 20 minutes with whiny kids I was oh so excited to find out that they sold beer at the end of the line too!

 After we came home and had nap time (which I again partook in) we set the kids up for some Olympic games.  Will got all the way to Level 10 in the ball toss.  I'm sure Kiki had a more clever name for this game but it's escaping me at the moment.

 Capri Sun break with these gangstas!

Hula Hoop Contest

 Silly String Fight!

I love how it hangs off his ears! :)

A little night time charades!

Our aunt and uncle came over for dinner that night and it was so great visiting with them.  Good thing they don't mind all the crazy kids running around.  I'm kicking myself for not getting any pictures that evening but I think I was too distracted by the endless laughter and good company.  :)

That night we planned a "camp out" for the boys.  Chris had the tents all set up in the game room upstairs but after we realized that may not be the best place (right in between the sleeping babies' rooms) we moved them to the boys' room.  We read some books, said some prayers and off to bed they went!

Kiki and I stayed up to watch the movie "Love and Honor".  It was a lot better than I thought it would be and Liam Hemsworth sure was easy on the eyes!



~Jewels*