"VBS fun with Cousins"....

I grew up going to VBS with my cousin and have such wonderful memories of doing that with her. I was thrilled that Wyatt and Bradford were able to spend the week with us a few weeks ago and attend our VBS "Sports Camp".  It was a fabulous, and fabulously busy week!!  We spent the mornings at the church, and the afternoons in the pool, the sprinklers, at the movies, at the Planatarium, or at our house. It was wildly fun and wildly exhausting!  But such fun memories were made, and we miss them already so much.  Bradford had to leave a few days early because she had to have her tonsils out, so we were all sad to see her leave. I hope that we can keep this tradition alive in our family of the kids going to VBS together each summer.  Here are a few pictures from our week.

Wyatt (7 1/2), EB (4 1/2), Ellison (1 1/2), and Bradford (4 3/4)

Such silly kids! 

This was her participation in VBS - walking barefoot in the grass watching the kids play! 

His love of watermelon came honestly - he and I both could eat the entire thing in one sitting.  

Beautiful Bradford

Her interpretation of a dinosaur

The girls loving each other

Story time before bed

The boys making "chocolate soup" one afternoon.  Elliot would have been so proud of me. I turned them completely loose in the back yard and let them put whatever in the world they wanted to in this "soup".  It was truly the nastiest bucket of stuff I have ever seen - and smelled horrible by the next morning.  But I loved every second of watching them laugh, run around gathering stuff to put into their concoction. The whole thing started when I was telling Wyatt that his mommy and I used to make up gross recipes in our mom's blender and dare each other to drink them!  He thought it was hilarious and so he and EB decided they wanted to do it - I made them do it outside! 

Digging for something to add to the "soup" 

And of course, you can't have chocolate soup without some chocolate syrup! I think the boys thought I had lost my mind. I said yes to everything they asked....., which very rarely happens - okay, maybe has never happened.  But, it was such a fun memory and you have never seen 2 happier little boys. 

Slip n' sliding at Bebe and E-daddy's house

My favorite summertime flower - and my mom's yard is full of them

What a wonderful week full of memories!  And Bradford, we missed you SOOOOOO much the last 2 days.