Temple Trip and Nana and Papa's House

Jason and I were getting a little stir crazy and felt like a road-trip, so we headed up to Midway to visit my parents.  It was a mellow weekend of just hanging out with the family, and enjoying their house before the snow hits. Abbey and Bill came up for one night, and then Cally and Nate and their kids joined us.

 Here is Papa and his crew.  

I think he was just as content watching the Backyardigans as the kids were.

 Kimball's best "Nana" impression. She even figured out to grab the kindle and her glasses and sit in Nana's chair.

 Jack got the idea too. So here he is in Papa's chair pretending to read one of his books.

 Lots of people tell me Jack looks like my dad, either way, Jack sure has fun pretending to be him.

The kids love to climb up this one branch like little monkeys. 

 And of course, it was only a matter of time until Kimball (and then Jack) started to jump off of it.

Oh, to be so fearless!  I wonder who these kids are sometimes.

The primary from our ward planned a trip to the temple. We figure we'd take the kids and teach them about how special the temple is. So we got the kids dressed in church clothes, combed their hair, got them all buckled and situated in the car, and then tried to start the car... nothing.  Our battery was dead, and we couldn't find our cables.  Jason drove to the store, got cables, jumped the car, we got back in the car, recombed hair and then went to the temple.

 The whole process of getting there took it's toll.  Both Kimball and Jack passed out on the way there.

 Once we got there, it was very fun to walk the kids around the temple.  We met up with the primary on the inside just as one of the temple presidency was finishing a little chat with the kids.  It was fun to see how all of the kids stayed reverent, or at least tried as best as they could.

 

At one point, we did pile all of the kids in the double stroller as we were walking around the grounds.  Let me tell you, life doesn't get much better than this! I love these little kids (and the man pushing the stroller that you can't see). I'm so blessed to get to be a part of this crazy little family.  I thank Heavenly Father everyday for this, and for the temple that lets us be a family forever.