Surprisingly, Monday morning Leia was the last one up. In fact, Ivy even went in her room to wake her for diving. Leia was not ready to get up so momma took Ivy to dive and let Leia continue having rest time for the morning while mom and dad both worked. The rest of the day was a rest day for the girlies.

Ivy headed to dive while Mimi took some of the Rhoads’ to church to head on their mission trip
 

Tuesday was another early one for the girls! They left at 5:30 headed to the ranch for a morning at the ranch. They got to ride about an hour then volunteered to help out around it. They did text mom early to be picked up early though. We ended up vegging on the couch most the rest of the day. Although, Lisa did defrost the freezer to clean out the drain line to ensure it did not start leaking. Chris got home from the office a little after 4 for a chilled family night. 

Our day other than horse riding for the girls and work for the parents

Wednesday, the girls got up to go to dive but Leia said she felt sick to her stomach so Lisa took Ivy up to dive and let Leia chill on the couch. It started pouring and thundering while Lisa was working so she headed up to grab Ivy. The rain kept the girl in playing until the afternoon when Ivy ran with Lisa to pick up eggs. We stopped to have a treat date too. That evening Chris took Ivy to basketball with friends while Lisa had some one-on-one time with Leia. 

This girl is always fun! Special treat time for her momma/daughter time

Thursday, we followed suite with the rest of the week, taking Ivy to dive while Leia chilled on the couch. It was a lazy day! We binged watched “The Mighty Ducks, Game Changers” most the day. By early afternoon Ivy and Lisa had decided they needed to get out of the house though and decided to go bowling. Leia said she would join and Mimi came up to meet us too for a little fun.  Afterwards, we all headed back to the house to start prepping dinner before Ivy’s dive competition. One of the little boys during practice hit his head during the back flip so most the kids became frightened to perform it so Ivy changed her dives but still did great! We did not see her placement though since the meet was called before they could finish due to thunder and lightening in the area. 

Always fun with a few of our favorite ladies




Ice-cream treat after bowling

Dive competition
 

Friday, mom slept in but managed to get Ivy to dive by 8:10. Leia opted not to go again. Chris had to work but was able to enjoy the golf tournament while he worked this week downstairs. We stayed home most the day but that evening Lisa was suppose to go to dinner with Stacy and Mimi then the girls were going to go spend the night with Mimi afterwards. We ended up cancelling our reservation and decided to do dinner on the porch at Mimi so Leia and Ivy rode out with us for dinner and swam in the rain then enjoyed the rest of the night with Mimi when Lisa took Stacy home. Of course, we ended up staying at Stacy’s to help do welcome home signs too since Mark and the girls were headed home from their mission trip. 

Daddy is working while Ivy is diving

Ivy said she went through puberty while Leia enjoyed being a kid and playing with a cat

Swimming in the rain is always fun! The adults would not walk down to the pool though since it was pouring

The girls stayed with Mimi and she sent me a picture while I was visiting aunt Stacy so we sent her one back

Saturday, the girls woke up and enjoyed breakfast on the porch with Mimi, rode the golf cart, swam, played at Mimi’s, and had lunch all before Mimi brought them home; they wanted to make sure they were here when aunt Joy arrived with their cousins, Isla, Kellan, and Raina. The girls were outside waiting when they arrived so excited to see them all but especially their cousins they had not saw in close to 4 years. There was non-stop chatter between all 5 pre-teens/kids. The trip was over 7 hours from the beach to here instead of the normal 4 or 4.5 hours so no one really wanted to get back in the car so the girls set up the backyard for a little family fun, we cooked in, and enjoyed the sweet fellowship. Thankful they stopped by on the way home to KY so we got to see Raina and Joy again and Isla and Kellan this time too. 

The kids set up the slip-n-slide and water on trampoline to get some energy out after their long car ride



Hot tubbing and ladder ball playing

Apps when the kids said they were hungry

Loved hearing them all catch up after not seeing each other for almost 4 years

Lots of hoover board riding upstairs, playing downstairs, snuggles, laughter, and sweet fellowship

Dinner time before Mimi Joy and aunt Lisa got in the hot tub 

Movie night with popcorn before bed time … perfect ending to a sweet visit

 

Sunday morning we all were up for breakfast at 8:30. Chris wanted to tell the kids that they would see the FL family on October too; their reaction was not as animated as what we expected. We loaded up the car for them to get on the road shortly after 9 since traffic had been terrible Saturday in hopes it was lighter today and they made it home mid afternoon. Our girls played and watched TV that morning. By the afternoon Ivy needed more entertainment so we invited her friend Olivia over. They enjoyed the hot-tub, played barbies, danced and more. They were having such a good time she ended up spending the night and joined us for our family movie night watching, Space Jams II. Love sweet family time! 

Breakfast fellowship where uncle C told Ivy her birthday trip

Quick photo before they got on the road

The car was loaded with a few extra items …. stuffed animals that were bigger than they kids

We prayed their trip to KY would be fun as our girls chilled after a late night having fun with cousins

Fun time with a special friend

Sweet Leia made Ivy and Olivia a special treat and enjoyed some time to herself re-energizing

Enjoying popcorn and movie night

Sweet dreams little ladies

Leia got double snuggles before bedtime