Wolseys Visit Idaho and Independence Day

 The kids got very excited when they found out their cousins were going to come to Idaho and visit. Mason waited outside for a while so he could greet them.

The cousins didn't take much time to warm up to each other

We ate outside together

Played inside

Then played outside

Nixon and Jason were joined at the hip. Nixon nicknamed Jason "Big Boy Jonathan" and Jason nicknamed Nixon "Little Boy Jimmy"

The kids all had lots of fun at the park

We then had some ice-cream treats

We also played some basketball

The kids also enjoyed playing on the trampoline

I took the drone up that night (July 3rd) to see how it would perform at night for fireworks. You can see one on the right side of the frame

We met up again the next day and decided to have some patriotic story time

We read How the Prime Minster Stole Freedom

Here is a little bit of the book

The kids also enjoyed playing video game together

After that we attended our friends' annual 4th of July Party

The kids enjoyed wrestling in the bounce house together

The snow cones were a hit

Look at that pose

Much better

The kids enjoyed sparkler and little fireworks

Henry was always out in the cul-de-sac with the kids lighting off explosives

I caught this cute picture of him dancing

The joy of explosions

Lyza won a guessing jar

Big Boy Jonathan and Little Boy Jimmy

Kim and one of her friends

Here is a little drone footage from the party just because I needed to do something with it

As we got closer to the big show the fireworks from the street got more impressive

Then the big ones came out

I had the drone up in the air the whole time recording he firework show

A drone shot from later shows fireworks going off all over the place

The next day the kids got to play at a park in CDA

Apparently Lyza thought it was a library

They also got to ride the carousel 

The kids were so well behaved that day they seemed like angels

Kim and the big kids did some private swimming lessons at a friend's pool

That afternoon the Wolseys came back and everyone jumped in the truck and left for the beach

They had lots of fun playing together

We had a blast with the Wolseys and the kids played so well together

Kim isn't used to being towered over by kids

It was nice spending some time with my sister. Come back anytime!

After that there was another swimming lesson, complete with petting zoo

Before we went up to Canada as a family we had to take a bunch of library books back and Henry was happy to help out

Next up: Canada Trip 2022 (or at least a portion of it)