Grandma and Grandpa came to visit us in April. They also brought our cousin Ayden. It's always good to see them! Mom works at a library, so she is limited in when she can come down. They came for their Spring Break and we feel blessed that they chose to come see us! We tried to take them a few places while they were here. One place we haven't taken them to is the Gold Mine up by The Superstition Mountains. It's called the Goldfield Goldmine....( I think it's a ghost town. ) Anyway, here we are all excited to go see some stuff.... The kids immediately found this big rock. I think they were excited to be there, especially since we checked them out of school early to go have a little family bonder. Grandma and Grandpa Jefferies were great sports! They seemed to enjoy our time there! Too bad Spring Break hit when our kids were in school. Ayden was a good sport and would find stuff to do while they were at school. That's why we checked the kids out 1/2 way through the school day so they could all hang out. I will say Ayden is a pill when it comes to getting his picture taken. He doesn't love it. In fact, when he sees a camera pointing in his direction, he'll turn his head or put his hands over his face! Grandma bought everyone a homemade waffle cone with yummy ice cream in them! The whole place smelled so good with those cones baking, so we HAD to each get one! Thanks Grandma! Grandma and Grandpa also got the kids one souvenir from there. The one Eli chose was a pocket knife. Look how cute he is. He fell asleep with it right by him! We have always been a game playing family. It's fun that the kids are old enough to play the bigger games now. Time always flies when you're having fun! Ü David had the grand idea to go Ice Blocking! Once that was mentioned the kids were ALL OVER IT! It sounded like so much fun! Unfortunately, there was a sign that said "NO ICE BLOCKING". We didn't know that before we bought the ice blocks. AND that was the first thing that Ayden was excited about doing! So we told the kids to do it anyway. Isn't that terrible? We try to teach the kids to be obedient, and then we tell them to ignore the sign. I guess we thought it was a harmless thing to do and what else were we supposed to do with these big blocks of ice? Do I smell RATIONALIZATION? hahaha.... The kids even said "Mom! What would Jesus do?" Mercy, I guess that's where the scripture comes from that says "And a child shall lead them!" I'm sure this will come back to bite me in the bum someday....but I just wanted to be a good hostess and help our cousin have fun! As you can see, they didn't feel bad for too long. They had a lot of fun! And I had so much fun watching! I sat and just LAUGHED so much! It's funny watching them trying to balance their little bums on these ice blocks. Eli didn't do too much. I think he still felt a little bad. A lot of the time he was watching some football games going on down on the fields, but he HAD to try since he saw how much fun everyone was having. I just love the ages of my kids right now! They are SO fun! I enjoy being with them and love watching their personalities develop and seeing them grow into great kids! I love them! I LOVE having my parents and Ayden come to visit. IT's so important to keep those family ties strong! I love that we created some fun memories together! You are welcome back anytime! Can't wait until you come again! Love you guys!