The land of spuds

This last weekend we loaded up the old mini-van and traveled to the land of potatoes. Jeremy's brother has a daughter that is just older than Tess and we haven't met her yet (insert blushing emoticon here) and we thought it was about time.



We left at 5:00pm and arrived shortly after 10:00pm so we were too late to see the cousins last night. However the next morning it was all fun and games with the kids. My sister-in-law is an amazing hostess and made us feel so completely at home. I absolutely adore her.



We were only there for a full day (thanks to being self-employed) and two nights, so we crammed as much in as we could.



First we visited a local children's discovery place. I don't remember what it's name really was, but I think it was Discovery Place.



We learned about laws of motion.

And how to make some awesome shadow animals. Dude, I think something is wrong with your dog, er, horse, er, duck.

We learned a great way to keep Sophie from putting gross museum things in her mouth. Anyone know where I can buy one of those for my house?

Tess showed off her great shopping skills that she has learned from shopping with me at our local grocery store. They have these cute little carts (at our local grocery store) that the kids push around. She always gets one and she makes sure she only puts healthy things in it. Seriously. She says she has to keep us healthy. Good girl!

These two played SO cute together. Baby L taught Sophie how to get from point A to point B. We LOVE baby L!!!

After the discovery place, the older kids and the brother's went to see "Space Chimps" while the sister-in-laws came home to milk some babies and have some much needed girl talk.

We made some super yummy sammies for dinner and headed to the park to play.

See this boy? I LOVE this boy! He is so the type of boy that you want your daughters to marry. Too bad mine are related to him. He is SO sweet and kind and smart and genuinely good. Oh, I just LOVE him!

And this girl? Pure sunshine! She is brilliant. She picks up language like no one's business. I LOVED listening to her talk. And I love that she let me play with her hair.

That night we stayed up late and had grown-up conversations. I love talking to this couple. They are so smart and so in-tune to things.

We were super sad when it was time to leave the next morning. Sophie graduated from her infant seat right after this road-trip, thanks to 3 hours of uncomfortable moaning. But before she did, she had to impress us with her amazing stretchy skills.

We stopped at Shoshone Falls and ate Subway. It was SO pretty and peaceful. My girls loved it and have declared it a new tradition every time we drive home from visiting their cousins.

Thanks for letting us come and visit J squared! We love you and we miss you already!!!