I know that I say that  I had the best time  all the time, but this really was just the best time!  Camille, Olivia, Sam and Emily were able to come spend a week at our house.  We had perfect fall weather so it was great to be outside and enjoy the nice warm days.
Having Katie here too made it so fun! and Candice would come over every day too so it was pretty much like heaven for me.   I felt like doing this all week!

We went out to Gardner Village one day and had such a fun time.  It's fixed up so cute out there, the kids had fun looking at all of the witches.  then we took them over to the pony ride.  We really lucked out here cause the guy taking them around was looking to drum up some business so instead of just going around the parking lot, he took them through all the streets of gardner villiage.  He was really cute with the kids too.  He talked with them the whole time, telling them funny jokes and keeping us all laughing.  He taught Olivia the princess wave so she could do it for all the people we walked by and even let Sam wear his cowboy hat.  Emily was so good and just rode along like a big girl...even when he made the horse trot, she didn't get scared.

We dug out some of the old dresses the girls used to wear when they were Emily's age.  This purple one was one I wore when I was a little girl!  Mum was an amazing seamstress!

 We went over here to the park one afternoon to let the kids play.  They have redone it and it's really nice now. 

 Emily likes lipstick too

 Megan came over one day with Ryder, some of her neighbors kids (that she has been pretty much caring for since the father in the family died) and her new dog.  The kids had fun playing and her dog and Lizzy and Rose had fun romping around in the back yard too.  I remembered that big box of dog stuff that Robin had given to me when she left so I went and got it out.  We played dress up with the coats on her dog and Rose and let them play with the toys.

 I made some sugar cookies and let the kids frost and decorate some.

 Camille's friend Megan who lives in Utah now, called and said she had a pass that would get us all into the zoo.  She has kids Olivia and Sams age so that was fun for them to see their old friends from Arizona.  I haven't been to the zoo for years so it was fun to go.  They have really improved that place and put in a lot more attractions.  The kids loved it!

 I have a picture of Katie and Camille drinking out of this same fountain when they were about this same age.  That sure brought back a flood of memories.  It's good that some things never change!

We thought Emily was looking through the glass at the monkeys but then realized she was looking at her own reflection.  She kept trying to kiss it and hold the hand she saw.  I got a pretty cute movie of it.

 I think the kids got the biggest kick out of this little water park.  It would shoot water at them randomly so they were dodging it while they played on the rocks.  Even Emily liked it and wasn't phased at all when the water shot up and squirted her.

With Megan's pass, we were able to ride the carousel and the train.  Emily is such a cheese ball.

 Grampa is fun to bounce on the trampoline with.  He can bounce you to the moon!

 On Friday night, we decided to go up the canyon and celebrate Olivias birthday.  It was such a beautiful evening and the fall leaves were spectacular.

 Emily was just happy to sit in her chair and eat cheetos.

 We hiked around a bit, took awesome pictures of us jumping...(where are they?  I am missing so many good pictures!  My phone has been kind of messed up since it told me to sync with the computer...big mistake...huge)  .cooked hot dogs and ate, then sang happy birthday to Liv.  When the sun went down it got pretty cool, so we decided to go home to eat cake and ice cream and open presents.

 It's so much fun to have them here.  I felt like my heart would break when it was time for them to go.