Fun with Gavin & Ty

My sister, Ashlee, and her husband, Greg, are on an Alaskan cruise this week with Greg's family (no fair--I know), so my parents have been babysitting their two kids, Gavin & Tyler. My kids LOVE their cousins--in fact, they are the only ones they've got--so we have seen them almost everyday this week. On Sunday evening, we took a picnic up to Bridal Veil Falls and let the kids play around in the water a little bit. The above picture is the before. This picture is the after. Poor Aiden! Apparently, he was pushed/slipped off the rock, and he face planted right into the water. We were pretty lucky though, he came within inches of hitting his head on some really sharp rocks. All was well a few minutes later when he was all dried off. It was a fun evening, and the kids had a blast!

The next day, we babysat the kids while my mom went into work for a few hours. There are no pictures with this part of the story (you try to take pictures with 4 little boys under the age of 5 running around your house). The kids had a blast...well, except Ty, who was woken up from several naps due to some other boys (who will remain nameless) that kept going into the room to "see if he was awake yet". It all ended up being okay though, because I think they had a great time.

Yesterday, we took the kids to the petting zoo at Thanksgiving Point. The kids LOVED it! They had so much fun feeding and petting the animals. Aiden--remember, he's the animal lover in our family--almost lost several fingers, because he would feed the animals and then leave his hand in the cage or pen. The animals would think that his hand was more food & they would go for it. My mom & I had to be quick to pull his hand out several times, but we escaped unscathed. When we had seen all the animals, the kids got to take a pony ride. Aiden almost fell off the saddle several times, making it an exciting ride, to say the least. Connor enjoyed the ride, but thought the horses walked too slow (remember, he's the dare devil in our family). He thought the best part of the ride was at the end, when his horse decided to "relieve" himself for about 30 seconds. (Note the above picture). I really, truly have never seen so much pee in my life...and I live with 3 boys! It was impressive, to say the least. The kids had a great time, and they were pretty good most the time too, but we decided to throw them in jail anyway (see below):

If only they were this happy when they were put in time-out!

After the petting zoo, we all went to Arctic Circle to cool off and fill our tummies. It's been a really fun week, and my kids have LOVED being with Gavin & Ty (that's supposed to be a subtle hint to Ashlee that she needs to move closer)! Nana, we loved being with you too! Thanks for inviting us to come along with you! --Lindsay