This long holiday weekend was so packed I have to split it into 2 parts!
Friday afternoon, Lucy and I headed to Des Moines for our annual get-together with some of my high school/college girlfriends and their kids. 14 kids and 6 moms, are we prolific or what? Kids ages 10 years to 5 weeks old. I think this might be it, but you never can tell with this bunch!
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| As you might imagine, this photo is nearly impossible to take... |
Aside from the 4-hour drive down being one of the longest of my life due to constant (and repeated) questions from an excited 4-year-old whose Daddy had let her nap for an hour already that day, it was a fabulous trip. We spent Friday night in Newton with friends Amy and Broc and their two boys. Lucy enjoyed playing with light sabers and of course their dog, Gus.
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| Goofing around before bed. |
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| This old boy is 13 years young! |
Saturday morning we headed to Des Moines to meet up with everyone else at Monkey Joe's, a bounce house place. It was just too darn hot and humid to try and do anything outside, so this seemed like a good alternative. It was pretty loud in there, but the kids seemed to enjoy it and the moms got to catch up a little bit.
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I'm pretty sure my kid was one of the reasons the staff kept coming on the PA system
to remind kids they were supposed to go down the slides "feet first." |
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| (Semi-) managed chaos! |
After bouncing, we went to a nearby restaurant where we had a separate room reserved to have lunch and let the kids run around. Dana and her crew brought along some fun activities for the kids. The mustaches were especially entertaining!
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| Just look at this crew! And that's not even all of them! |
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Guess I'll be teaching my daughter the fine art of
waxing the upper lip sooner than I thought... |
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| Lucy was quite at home with the dress-ups! |
Saturday night was spent with the Houghtons, and more fun ensued...
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| The kids put on a show and even made tickets and wristbands. |
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Ironman and two princesses. I'm still not sure what the plot was,
but there was a lot of dancing so that was OK with me. |
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| Gardening in PJs/princess attire |
Girls, we really must try to get a picture of all of US, and not just all of our kids. I only got 1/3 of us in a photo. Next time - was great seeing you all!
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