Weekend with my big Sis

Makenna crashed out with both Mermaids in her hands.

Ryan reading Makenna a bed time story

A dip in the pool

Enjoying some popsicles

The girls, Titus and I packed up and headed over to Diane's house for the weekend because Eli was absent. The kids actually behaved for the most part. There were few temper tantrums and lots of fun for them. They played on the slip'n'slide, in the pool, rode bike, took the dogs for some walks, read books, played with puzzles, ate lots of food, watched some movies and played indoors during the tornado warning and thunderstorms. There was even a stressful game of scene-it, I can giggle about it now. Diane and I drank lots of coffee and were able to get in a few girly movies after the kids crashed from pure exhaustion. She had some adult beverages in the evening, as I stuck to my drugs and had to pull out the vicoden occasionally. Some of us got a little burnt and I worked on fading my farmers tan.
I am now completely excited for vacation, we leave a week from Saturday, but instead of a little pool, we have a lake. An added gift will be that our husbands will be there to help. It is a lot of work to keep 5 children under the age of 8 happy and fed and we won't be as out numbered. An added bonus is that we won't have 3 dogs running around playing with each other and panting excessively (which drove Diane absolutely nuts, she's a little sensitive). I missed hanging with my sister and I even joked at the end of the weekend that we would be a great team as a married couple. Diane worked harder than I did. I stuck to what I was aloud to do and helped out as much as I could. You can see the rest of the pictures here or click on the album.

Weekend at Dianes