Family Roadtrip

Last weekend we traveled 5 hours to visit my family and to attend the 90th birthday of Ben's Grandma Fern. Here is my sister, Jaime and her family. They are getting ready to welcome Baby #4! My kids and I stayed at Jaime's house and Ben stayed at his Grandma Fern's house so he would have more time to visit his family. It was a short and fast weekend.
Here are my parents and their dog, Minne at a park near my sister's home. It was a beautiful park with streams, ponds and glass windows to watch the trout and salmon swimming around in their natural habitant. We had a great time.
A rare family photo.
Here are one of the windows to watch the fish. Ashlynn only wanted to look over the top of the window. After watching all of these fish, I realized how much I missed fishing! I haven't been fishing in years!!! Luke and Ashlynn checking out the trout pond. This is only a 'look' and 'don't touch' pond. No fishing here!

We were able to attend one of cousin Josh's soccer games. Wow! He is really good. If I remember correctly, I think he scored almost every point for his team.
Way to go Josh! Such a handsome boy!

Luke enjoying some needed 'cousin time'. I later asked Luke what his favorite part of our trip was and he said..."I really liked riding my bike with my cousins and getting it stuck in the mud when we were suppose to be leaving to Grandma Fern's house."
UMMMM...for some reason I don't have the same 'fun' memory. I only remember being upset because he was dirty, the bike was dirty and now we were late.
Cousin Ryan enjoying time with Grandma Marge (my Mom).
Pool time with the cousins. Notice that Ashlynn is no where to be seen? She saw the pool and made sure to stay locked inside the house.

The Princesses: Ashlynn & Avery
Little girls really are sugar and spice and everything nice.
The Cousins. I am not sure why my children decided to 'POSE' for the photo. I guess they put their hands on their cousins shoulders to add extra 'closeness' and 'love'?! They did it for every photo. It was hilarious. Ashlynn started it and then Luke followed her lead. I think Avery was getting annoyed.