Enszer Family Reunion 2011

This last week we took off and went to spend a few days in Wisconsin. It was a very busy weekend but we all had a blast. This is the first time in a long time that the whole family was home at the same time. We wished that Kaylyn could have been there but we know she is doing what the lord wants her to be doing.

Here is the kids excited faces at the first of the trip. The first thing that Mason said to me the morning that we were leaving was at 6:45 in the morning when he came running in and yelled "we go to Grandma's not Mommy, Pleeeaaase!!!" It was hard to keep him entertained all day while we waited for daddy to finish his day at work. He was so excited to go. We got there late Friday night and just played games all night long. Saturday was a day of playing and reuniting. Jacob and I went to a bridal shower with Mom and Dad Enszer for a girl that Jacob baptized when he was in high school. When we got back we all prepared for the busy day the next day. Hayley made cake pops and we all had a lot of fun helping her. I don;t think she has ever had so many helpers in the kitchen.

While all the adults were chatting and playing games that night all the kids played duck duck goose on the living room floor. Mason thought he would help Mirra be it. They were so cute.

One of my favorite things about going to Grandma Enszer's is watching Mason and JV play. They can play all day and never make each other mad. I don't think that I have ever watched two little kids play as good as these two boys do.

On Sunday morning we all went to Mom and Dad's branch meeting. I think that we at least doubled the attendence for the day. We deffinently did in primary. Poor Ean was very sick throwing up though. Poor kid tried to come to primary but there was no way he could stay. After church his older brothers and his Dad gave him a blessing and we set off to go to his baptism.

Jacob and Warren spoke and did a great job. Ean was able stop stay healthy long enough to get baptized.

Right after the baptism we headed off to Wisconsin Dells. We stayed in a hotel called Mount Olympus. It was a lot of fun. It took 5 rooms to get us all in. The best part is we were all still in our church cloths when we checked in. Later that night Aubrey was asked if she was part of the church group that checked in that afternoon. In Utah I don't think anyone would have thought anything about it but she said the lady was in shock when she said we were not a church group we were all family. We went to a restaurant that night that delivered our food and drinks on an electric train that came around the tables. The kids loved it. I think that was the quietest Mason has ever been during dinner. He just sat there and watched the train go around. He loved it. It was a cute place. After we got the kids to bed the Moms and Dads met out in the hallway and chatted all night. I think people thought we were absolutely crazy but we had fun laughing and talking in the hallway of the hotel.

Monday morning all of the kids were so excited to go play. The first stop for the day was the indoor pool park that the hotel has. I think that all of the kids had their swim suits on by 8:00 the problem was that the pool didn't open until 10:00. Trying to chase around 15 kids for 2 hours between 5 rooms in a rather large hotel was kind of crazy. I think we lost most of them at least once. I think the other guests at the hotel probably wanted to beat us all by the time we left. When they finally got the OK to head down to the pool area we were very happy to take them down. The area was really nice. They had a huge area for little kids that Mason loved. He got really good at doing all of the slides all by himself. He loved it. They had a huge hot tube (which is where I would have been if I wasn't 8 months pregnant), a lazy river, and a few bigger slides for the adults.

After awhile though the kids got tired of swimming and hungry. We decided to leave and get lunch then see what the theme park at the hotel had to offer. It too was indoor. It was perfect. This being a Monday afternoon during the school year there was hardly anyone there to wait in line with. I had to go lay down for awhile because I didn't feel like I could walk anymore. Jacob was amazing and took both kids by himself to play. It is a good thing that we have family to help. They had a huge play area where the kids could shoot balls at the walls. It was kind of like a ball pit but not really a pit more like a jungle gym play place. OK not a very good discription but the kids loved it. They also liked the Rocket ride that pulls you up slowly and drops you down really fast. There was also a trolley ride, tea cups, bumper cars, go carts and a few other rides. The kids would get on a ride and keep riding it until they were sick of it. Most of the rides would end and one of the kids would yell out again and the person in charge of the ride would start it over. There were a few though that would make them get off and get back in line though. This was very pointless though as most of the time they would get back in the same seat that they had just gotten out of 2 seconds before. I wish that they would have made them get off the tea cupd though. Mirra made herself sick by the time we were ready to leave she was green from spinning too much. She also lost her voice. It was such a fun trip and so worth not telling my doctors that I was going on a 7 hour road trip 3 weeks before I will be delivering. There is no way they would have let me go and I am so glad i didn't have to miss out on the fun that we had.