Grammie Camp

We were lucky enough to have Kim's kids out to visit for the last two weeks. The first week Kim was at girls camp back in Chicago handling all the food, then she got to come out and hang out with us. Holly told the kids it was Grammie Camp while she was in charge and was nice enough to invite us to join in the fun. My kids just love their cousins, all of them. Absolutely love them.  Samantha has always been attached to her cousins, but I was surprised by how much Paul wanted to be with everyone. Samantha played with all of them, but she still asked for Max the most...he has just always been so nice to her. Paul worshiped Spencer and every morning would ask "See 'Pencer today?" He played with Blythe quite a bit too. I was so impressed with how nice all of Kim's kids were to Samantha and Paul, even when my sweet angles were being complete boogers. We kept pretty busy and had a lot of activities. Unfortunately I was really hit and miss with remembering my camera. 

The first day they were here we went up to Cripple Creek and rode a little train. After the train ride we went over by the Crags and had lunch/played in a stream. We ended the day with a trip to McDonalds for ice cream. The kids were exhausted, but had A LOT of fun. It is so fun for me as a mom to watch my kids have a great time. It's worth all the headache getting them places when I hear them laughing and telling each other that "this was just the best day ever." Luckily that was one of those days.

Adam, Spencer, and Grant

Samantha, very excited about having her own camera

Grammie and Blythe

Paul is a bit goofy

Max looking thrilled to have Samantha all over him

All the kids minus Lauren who wouldn't get in the picture

At the stream

It's hard to tell just how filthy Paul was but he was a complete mess

The rest of the week consisted of playing in the back yard, painting pots for Bailey swimming (which I am super bummed I didn't get pictures of), a garage sale, and a lemonade stand. Samantha rocked the lemonade stand. She was the only kid out there the whole time and she was absolutely dedicated to selling that lemonade. I was glad she made some money because that has been one of the activities she wanted to do all summer. She and Blythe were waving at all the cars, yelling "lemonade and cookies for sale, come and get them!" and dancing. It was super cute.

After Kim got here there was a lot more playing, going to the mall, pizza and fun. The best day for the kids (other than Cripple Creek) was Santa's Workshop. I wasn't sure if we would be able to make it this year, and we were so excited that Kim was able to go with us. Max told me a couple times "this place is better than Six Flags, this is the best place ever." It was another day that the kids were just exhausted but thrilled to be alive. None of the kids wanted to leave, they would have lasted another couple hours but the adults were worn out.

Thanks Kim & crew for coming out and spending time with us, it was great and we miss you already!