Staycation

This year we decided that rather than going on a long trip somewhere we would instead go on a "staycation." My mom came into town and we did things around town that we have always wanted to do but never have. We had a lot of fun and realized that we should probably do these things more often. 

We went on a tour of a local candy factory, it was awesome!

Then we went on a tour of a local cookie packaging plant. It was ok. It was worth doing since it was so close to the other factory but it's more of a one time thing. 

This was so cute. When we visited the temple and saw the Christus statue E had to touch it. I'm not sure if he was allowed to, but I thought it was so sweet--he wanted to hold his hand.

We went bowling...

This was actually really cute. We did mini-golf and we had the run of the place. All of the kids had to participate and Miss H was hilarious. She kept following everyone around and stealing their ball. G was the only kid who semi understood what he was supposed to do, E just threw his ball and ran around the course. It was a pretty good thing no one else was there. 

I love this picture of Miss H's little toddle.

Highlights of Mini Golf:

Hubs got attacked by a bird 3 times

We saw the biggest, most gorgeous butterfly everywhere

E fell in a "water trap" and couldn't get out. Then he tried to take his clothes off because he was soaked. We were all laughing so hard we couldn't help him at first. Good thing the water was shallow. 

Finally, we took the kids to a pirate themed pizza restaurant. 

The whole gang turned up

I had to post this picture of my sister and her husband because she kept talking about how Hubs took an ugly one of her. Haha, I love the look on my brother in law's face. (Sorry guys--don't be too mad!!)