Days 4-7

Friday morning, we stopped by the Jelly Belly Factory. It just never gets old.

Then we might have actually relaxed a little? Went to the store and bought some food that started with a 'T' for Taylor (that was the potluck rule), and headed over to a BBQ at our friends house. The kids loved shooting off this rocket, and just playing around together. Cant believe I didnt get pictures of Erin doing her gymnastics routine with another gymnast friend of ours. They are both amazing!

 After stuffing our faces, we needed a way to burn those calories, so we went across the street to the school to play some ultimate glow in the dark frisbee. Of course, someone forgot the glow in the dark frisbee, so it was just plain dark. But so much fun! Our Taylor clan pretty much consisted of one entire team, and of course we won. Taylor power!

 I think Willie is taking someones head off here, but all's fair in Ultimate Frisbee. 

 Awww, look at that smile. He just loves competitive sports. Or competition in general. (:

Saturday morning, we went to the bowling alley. 

 Not sure what plan these two are concocting, but Alissa is super excited about it! Or maybe its shock over the score board. Hmmm...

 Madi is entering her teenage years, and isnt shy about displaying her sense of fashion. Did you know mis-matched socks are in!? What style!

Maybe had another break in here, then off to the temple to witness our friends sealing. She had asked me to take pictures, but Tina had a much better camera and is more skilled in picture taking, so she happily jumped in and took some amazing shots for them. I think she may have even enjoyed it a little. (;

After the Temple, we went out to eat a the Walker Brothers Pancake house. Now, when you go out as a couple, and ask for separate checks...you would assume two checks right? We ended up with 5! We had the most goofy waiter we have ever seen! He got confused about everything, but the 5 checks at the end was the breaking point. I was laughing so hard, I had tears running down my face. Not only did we each get a separate check, but the 5th one was all our desserts combined. Figure that out! The guy at the cash register had to split the dessert check up, and add the two other checks to it...he was so confused, which only added to the humor. Anyway, guess you just had to be there.

After dinner, we went to the Par-King mini golf course. I saw it featured on a yahoo article as one of the best mini-golf courses in the country, so we had to check it out. Have to admit, it was pretty cool. And who doesnt love giant pink castles?

 We love our kids, but it was great to get out for a few hours for adult time.

Sunday arrived  for a much needed day of rest. We went to church, then hung out in the backyard together. Erin changed into her leotard and did some more gymnastic moves for our neighbor, who was very impressed. Still cant believe I didnt take pictures of her doing that. Then we found out that 9 kids and 2 adult men do not work well on a trampoline! I looked over to see the leg bending on the back side. Ryan and Willie tried to bend it back into place, but it wasnt budging, so I called our neighbor over for some added muscle. How many guys does it take to fix a bent trampoline leg? More than 3. The trampoline will now be limited to a couple kids at a time until a new one is purchased. After finding out our neighbor was a bachelor for the weekend (his family was out of town), and to thank him for his help in trampoline repair efforts, we had him join us for some fresh peach cobbler and ice cream. It was the perfect end to a lazy Sunday.

Monday morning came, and it was back to party time. We headed to the beach for the day.

The kids enjoyed the freezing water, building sandcastles, finding sea glass, and getting sand wedged into every crevis. 

 The sand castle we built looks kinda like a turtle now that I look at it.

Monday night, we had ice-cream and set up the tent for a camp-out. Ryan was the lucky man who got to sleep in the tent with some of the kids. Haha...love ya babe!

Bring on some more!