Day 6

The kids were up early and had breakfast, which meant it must be time for more park playing. Luckily, there is a park just a quick walk away from my grandparents' house that the kids love (digger park). On the way there is an open field full of gophers or prairie dogs. The kids love walking by here to watch the animals run and peek their heads out of their holes.

Day 5, off to ND

On Friday morning, we brought the kids to camp, loaded the car, visited with grandpa Heidt briefly before hitting the road to visit the North Dakota great grandparents.

The kids were great in the car, but it is a long ride. We got some dinner and then hit the park as soon as we got into town. The kids refer to this as digger park and j think we have a picture of William digging here every year in the summer.

Day 4, more

My sister and her crew stayed for some pizza and then a family friend came over to take some pictures of the little girls for their third birthday.

You never know what you are going to get with kids this age or these girls!

After we finished up with the pictures, daddy pulled in. He worked part of the day and then came to join us in Minnesota for the next portion of our trip.

More cartwheels

It is hard to do a perfect cartwheel with cold sprinklers spraying you! (The water is hard to see)

Amelia cartwheels

Round one of cartwheels

Gemma runs in the sprinkler

This girl is fast- it is hard work keeping up with her!

Day 4, cousins

On Thursday afternoon, my sister and her kids came into town. The kids just love to play with each other and don't get to often enough.

The first order of business was to empty all the toys from the new toy room and deposit them equally in all the rooms of the house.

Once that was accomplished, grandma and grandpa turned on their sprinkler system (fancy!) for the kids to play. William and Andy were delighted to find uncle Mike's old squirt guns were still functional.

The girls were more entertained by filling up buckets and trying to slowly scoop water from one bucket to another.

Amelia enjoyed cartwheeling through the sprinkler and Gemma and Zelda did some silly dancing and running. Overall, it was fun for everyone!