Waterfun with the Cousins

What could possibly be the reason for this sleeping smile?

I walked in the room to wake Max up from his 3+ hour nap and I found him sleeping with the biggest grin on his face, I've never seen him sleep like this before. He was so content! I knew he'd truly had a "happy day".

Earlier in the day I took the kids up to Hyrum to my sisters house to play on the water slide with the cousins. The water was freezing, and when the sun went behind the clouds it was downright cold, but eventually the sunshine played along and it warmed up.

This picture was the first time Max went down the slide, he loved it so much! It was quite a sight heaving him up the stairs, at first he didn't get climbing up the middle at all. But by the end of the afternoon he was a pro!

Adi & Max - she's so brave and liked to be a little "mother hen" to Max, even offering to catch him at the bottom. She may be like 10 months older than him, but he is much "thicker" than she is!
He wasn't scared at all! A few times he bounded down the slide so fast I was worried he was going to hurt himself, but he got right back up and wanted "more slide!"

Nayvie

Adi & Grace

Libby being a superhero - so stinking cute!

And then there's Grace. What am I going to do with my little princess? It took forever just to get her to go in the pool at the bottom and no matter how hard I tried she would not go up to the top or down the slide. She was scared, and it was cold. She played and played and smiled. On the way home I told her I was sad that she didn't go down the slide. All the other kids had so much fun and I know she would have liked it. But she said, "Mom, I had so much fun at the bottom." How was I suppose to argue with that?

I just have to step back and realize that she is not my adventurous child, but that's okay. She's happy.

One more of Adi - It was nice just to hang out and talk with my sisters and cousins and to let the kids be kids! Looking forward to many more sunshiny wet afternoons :)