Fun in the SUN

We finally cleaned up and brought out Brody's water table since we had another gorgeous day on Sunday

We then decided to bring out the slip-n-slide that we planned on using at Brody's bday party before that was rained out...it was quite a hit! Even though B didn't get the concept entirely he still had a lot of fun.

The trips were dressed up in cute outfits my great-aunt brought back from Stugis in SD :) They rolled around for a bit and then I put them in their stroller to take their afternoon nap- it worked out perfectly! It felt good to be able to keep them on their schedule without being confined to our room in the basement :) will have to be more adventurous like this more often.

After the trips woke up from their nap we stripped them down so they could cool off a bit. My dad and brother came home from working on our house (they are AWESOME!!!) to join in on the fun. (check out the stink-eye Riley is giving Brody, it was soooo funny!!)

Our "little" family <3

Cousin Drey was not sure about the melted chocolate on his hand from reaching in the candy bag- it didn't phase Brody one bit though. These two are quite the pair these days!!

The Waind clan, missing Matt, Mel and Drey. We are all looking forward to Dan and Haley's wedding coming up in just a few weeks.

I didn't get a pic, but my mom also came over just in time to help feed the boys and go through the bedtime routine~ it truly was a day full of family love (and help!!)! After the trips went to bed my cousin and her bf cooked everyone dinner (who says tacos need lettuce?? haha!!) just in time for Bev and Terry arriving home from their weekend away. We ended the perfect day with a nice glass of wine on the deck, until the mosquitos ran us inside and off to bed :)

I can't tell you how nice it was to experience a "normal" day with our families! Our lives have been consumed by the "2011 Minot Flood" that we haven't much taken time for "normal family time." It was a spontaneous fun filled day. Ben and I had not been home together for an entire day with our boys in weeks; one of us has either been working, down at the flood house working or Ben has been laid up with his hurt back. We really enjoyed the time we had together and it was made even more special as the day went on and more family just started showing up! This is how we envisioned our lives would be and why we made the choice to move home, it's nice to see that days like this will become "the norm" as we make our way through the flood devastation. We have a loooooong way to go, but we will get there. The progress on the house has been huge with my dad and brother here. They came here as the rest of us have had to return to "work" and "reality." I haven't spent this much time with my dad and brother in years, it has been really special. We have had the best times during our "breaks" at the flood house and morning and late night convos with the extended family we have here at the Kongelf Casa ;)