Girls(Moms) Just Wanna Have Fun!

Okay, so this is the story. Ken and I and the boys went to Edmonton last week for a whole week and stayed with Ken's Brother Dwayne, His wife Trixie and their 6 kids. Ken has been hired for the last three years to mark achievement tests in Edmonton so we have started an annual tradition of staying with family while Ken marks. The men work, the women feed the kids, tan, go for walks, talk lots and eat delicious meals. You might wonder how do we all fit in one house and stay sane? Well Trixie's four oldest girls slept in the trailer and gave up their rooms for our family and it worked out perfectly. The four oldest girls actually do a lot of the entertaining for the youngest kids so it turns out to be a break for Trixie and I. We even went child free to Ikea one afternoon shopping. Some years we squeeze a lot of activities into the week and this year we stayed closer to home which suited me fine. They live on an acreage and have lots to do. We contemplated going to a playground...they have a playground: soccer nets, swings, playhouse, trampoline, kiddie pool and a hot tub. what more would you want? We contemplated going to the zoo....they have gerbils, fish and a cat and every time we went for a walk the kids were jumping with excitement when they saw a deer. We actually took the kids to the spray park and they laid on their beach towels and ate snacks the whole time. We decide that they had more fun jumping on the tramp with the sprinkler spraying underneath and playing in the pool. We had such a relaxing time. I think we had a bonfire three or four times, sat in the hot tub one night and went to a 3D movie of toy story. Thanks Dwayne and Trixie and family for the wonderful time and great memories.