My brother Steven and his wife Kathy were also in town from Oregon, so as soon as the Cramers left they came and stayed with me to keep me company while I was a single mom for 4 days. We kept so busy and had so much fun that the time actually flew by.
Here are some pics of the cousins playing together. Mikayla was in heaven playing chase and tossing the ball with her two boy cousins while we had a weenie roast and cobbler made by my awesome hubby with his new dutch oven.
Kathy with new baby, Emmalee.
This is my hottie with his new military-style haircut. I was cutting it to the normal length and he told me to do a #5 with the clippers, so that's what he got!
Mikayla and Teagan watching a movie after a long day playing in the dirt.
Here they all are right before they took off into the Uinta mountains for the trip. Kent, Kraig's older brother, took along two of his older kids and one brother Kliff brought his dog. All in all, there were 6 men, 2 kids, and 1 dog.
While they were gone we visited Thanksgiving Pointe, which has a lot of fun stuff for kids.
The Dinosaur Museum
Mikayla didn't appreciate the Triassic period-like sound effects or the dim lighting with huge dinosaurs looming overhead. We went this time last year and she was fine, but I think there's something about being 3 - 4 where their imagination really kicks in and they get scared more easily.
After the museum and lunch, we visited the "Country Farm" which has farm animals to see, ponies to ride, play prisons to hang out in, etc.
This goat couldn't resist Ashlynn's tasty shoe.
My cute sister-in-law got really excited about the baby goats. She used to have them for pets at her home in Kansas. Haha, you can just see the glee on her face. :)
We got to ride in a horse-drawn carriage.
The next day we hit the Thanksgiving Pointe Gardens, which are immaculate, beautiful, and huge. It was a really hot day, so we hit it in style! Cruised around on this golf cart for an hour and a half (totally worth the $25 in my opinion) and Steven and our friend, Joe Thiriot, rented Segways and had a blast!
The next day the Oregonians left, the Californians returned, and we got to hang out with the happy Cramer crew for one more day till they all headed back home. It was great to see so much of our far-away family, thanks for coming you guys! (Pics of their backpacking adventures will follow....maybe I can even convince Kraig to blog a bit about it)
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