Monday, December 1, 2008

Thanksgiving with the Moores

It doesn't get much better than cousins bonding! Give them big trees, a tree house, a rope bridge, and a few zip lines and they can't help but have a blast together!!

K...E...Jake...Lexie...Ashley

E...Jake...Lexie...Ahsley

THE ZIP LINES


E getting ready to do the big zip line! Yeah!!
Grandpa & Grandma wanted to make their home exciting for all of the growing grandchildren. They set up a little zip line that is eight feet off the ground. Most of the kids can do this on their on. Then they hooked up a zip line for the big kids and adults. This one is 25-feet off the ground and 150-feet long. All of us enjoyed riding on this. It is really fast and fun. I think the adults enjoyed it more than the kids, especially Fly Guy!

S on the little zip line. The first day Grandpa put this in, she rode it over & over.

Ashley climbing every tree she can...

THE ROPE BRIDGE

Max...Ammon...Lexie
Fly Guy built the rope bridge with the help of his buddy Theron. The boys really loved how challenging it was to get across. It took several tries, but some of them made it!

E...Jake

They made it!!

K with Dad!

GRANDPA'S TREEHOUSE

Grandpa built this tree house for the grandkids. They loved it! The kids spent hours and hours playing.....totally worth it!

Ashley...Ammon...Lexie...Jake...Katie

The kids visiting over a good meal.

Max & K bonding over Pokemon!

The three little girls: Abby, Natalie & "S" were so cute together. They played or fought the entire holiday. All of them have older siblings that boss them around so they definitely know how to stick up for themselves. We never had to worry about any one of the dominating the other. They are all very tough but adorable girls!!

Joel & Melanie were super nice and went hot tubbing with most of the kids. The kids always love to swim in the hot tub. It tends to get a little crazy...especially when Uncle Joel tells scary stories!!

TIME WITH GRANDPA

We cannot have a family event without a drive in the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Car! Grandpa always takes the kids on a drive around the neighborhood. This time the guys had to have a turn. They really are just big kids!!

E2 loving attention from Grandpa!

Abby having special time with Grandpa!

PIZZA MAKING WITH GRANDMA

On the last day Grandma took the time to work with the grandchildren and have them make individual pizzas. The kids had so much fun preparing all the ingredients and then designing their own special pizzas.

Abby...Katie...E...Max...Lexie...K

Preston ....Natalie

Great Grandma watching the kids make pizzas.

We are truly grateful to Grandma & Grandpa Moore for the time, expense and love that they put into this Thanksgiving for our children. The best gift we can receive is seeing our kids form special connections with their cousins and grandparents. We love you both and appreciate all that you do for our kids.

1 comment:

Hilary said...

that looks like so much fun!