Day 4

Hailey and Delainey telling me "We're best friends."

Max and Drew had so much fun climbing up and going down the slide together.


Max and Hailey on the "wheel swing".







Hailey having fun playing "dress-up" at Grandma Debbie's. She liked trying on all the different hats.

Where's that silly boy?

Fun in the muddy water.

Kenzie took such good care of my dog while we were camping.

Bruce made pancakes this morning for breakfast. After we ate, Bruce watched the kids while I got the stuff packed in the camper. Then I watched them while he packed up the camper and hooked it up to the van. I took Hailey and Max to the park to play. Delainey and Drew were there too. Max and Drew had fun going down the slide together. It was cute to hear them both laughing as they slid down and then ran to go up again. Hailey and Delainey were helping their brothers go down at the same time. They would tell the one to wait for the other one and then help them so they could go at the same time down the slide. They both act like little mommies with their little brothers. When it was time for us all to leave, Delainey went around and gave Hailey, Max, and Jack all kisses and hugs goodbye. It was so sweet. Hailey and her are really going to miss each other. They got along so well and had such a great time together. Hailey is already looking forward to next year and talking about it. Grandma Brenda gave the kids kisses and hugs goodbye, and then as she was getting in the truck to go, Max asked her for another hug. He said "I wan anoder one hug pirst (first)." We headed over to Grandma Debbies house. The kids were excited to go see her. Right away they went and got the toys out to play with. We all had sandwiches for lunch, but the kids only took a few bites of their meat cause they just wanted to play. Bruce was doing some work in the kitchen and had to use a loud tool. So Hailey asked if we could all go outside while daddy used it. We took the kids outside and they played in the sand. It was very hot out, so Grandma Debbie got out the little pool and filled it with water. Hailey and Max then started filling the pool with sand and had lots of fun getting all messy with mud. They were very dirty so Grandma Debbie gave them a bath when it was time to go in. Hailey said she was hungry, so Grandma Debbie said she could have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. She really was hungry and ate 2 whole sandwiches. Max ate one too. Hailey told us that it was her favorite thing to eat. We left around 5:00 and got milkshakes on the way out of town. The kids were so tired. Hailey fell asleep before she even finished hers. Max fell asleep just a few minutes after he was done. I also fell asleep. And Jack was already sleeping when we left. When I woke up, I was thirsty so we stopped at a gas station for drinks and popcorn. We also stopped at Burger King on the way home for dinner and a bathroom break. We took our food over to a nearby park. There was a pond and the kids liked looking for fish and frogs in the water. I fed Jack, and then he enjoyed laying on a blanket on the picnic table while we ate. He was so happy to stretch out. We had to pick up Champ at my mom's house on the way home. We didn't get to their house till 9:30, so we couldn't stay and visit. The kids were begging to go in to see Nana and Papa. But they were happy when Napa and Papa came out to the van to say hi to them. Champ cried the whole way home. He used to be such a good car rider but now he is terrible. I got the kids in bed while Bruce unpacked the van.