Memorial Day

My dad's birthday is on May 29th. This always makes Memorial Day a great birthday party for dad. This year was no different. We went to Morgan to celebrate Dad's birthday on Memorial Day.

We started out the festivities with the first annual Stevens family tennis tournament. I do believe for anyone watching this was the funniest part of the day. Scott (not a Stevens) did play tennis in High School about 20 years ago. Mom and Michael did not fail to remind us that they both took lessons when Michael was 7 years old (about 30 years ago). Consequently we aren't the greatest players.

Scott was by far the best player. Michael and Dad won the award for hitting the ball really hard and out of the ball park. I won the award for just hitting the ball out of the ball park. Becky won the award for trying really hard to stay under the teasing radar. Cody won the award for staying at Mom and Dad's and reading a book while Brock slept. Stacie won the shopping award. Mom won the award for avoiding the game because there was grandchildren to watch. However, she only seemed to watch half of them. It really was FUNNY. We might start a tradition just to keep us all laughing.

Later we of course had a hot dog roast while the kids played and played and jumped and jumped. We couldn't get Paige off the trampoline. She didn't care if the big kids were on or not. She was going to have fun on the tramp. That night we brought home three very exhausted children.

Bathtime!

I had never put all three of my kids in the tub together. The other day Brock decided to change that. Ty and Paige were in the bath. Brock was standng outside trying to be a part of things. When I turned my head he plunged in clothes, diaper and all. He was just elated to be in the tub with the other two. I have learned that he can hold his own in the tub.

Cabin

A few weeks ago we went to my parent's cabin. We had a GREAT time! Cody and I and our kids went along with my parents and my brother, Michael and his girls, Abby and Rachel.

We had such a good time. We went up on Thursday night. We got there about 9:00 p.m. Ty and Paige were way too excited to go to sleep. They couldn't wait to play with Grandma's "bus" toy. We finally got them in bed at 10:00 p.m.

On Friday morning mom and dad showed up. Then around lunch time Michael came with his girls. The kids just played and played and played. It was one of those vacations that was just so relaxing because the kids played so well together with no fighting and not much whining. They were all just happy to be together. The hardest part was keeping Brock away from the wood burning stove.

On Friday night we had a hot dog roast. Mom, Dad and Michael put stepping stones out to the fire pit because they planted grass. The kids loved the stepping stones and could not leave them alone. We decided it wasn't in our best interest to tell Grandpa how much they played on the stepping stones.

Saturday morning the men went and shot Michael's guns. In the early evening we all reluctantly packed up and headed out. It was a wonderful vacation for our family. Thanks mom and dad for letting us come! There is nothing quite like family!!!

Slide Update

Here is the finished product of our slide. Paige likes the climbing wall a lot better than the ladder. I am just happy she is getting on it without help. One of their favorite things is to take their lunch outside and sit on their chairs on the top of the slide. I hope they get some good use out of it!