The picnic table was a great place for the kids to eat their meals. The cute little Miss who shared her very fun playroom with us.

We headed out to Jump Mania today.  Scott and Ed had gone camera shopping Thursday night.  We aren’t convinced we love the new camera yet, but it has only been a few days.  The Jump place was a little wild and crazy, but the kids really enjoyed themselves.

Brooke had a lot of fun helping the little Miss climb.  She was also playing bodyguard for the little Miss against the big kids.  Brooke helped a bigger kid who was hurt and crying find her mom. (Proud glowing mom.) Brooke also made friends with the little girl in the pink shirt.  She actually asked the other little girl what she wanted to do.  Brooke was also a great help this night, as I was very dizzy and slightly nauseous.

Our friend’s parents invited us over for a delicious homemade meal and great company.  Brooke loved coloring and playing ball with the three dogs.  (She’s usually afraid of dogs.)  Cody colored, took apart puzzles, and tried stuffing crayons into a too small box.  It should also be noted that Cody who is also usually afraid of dogs, was kissing the dogs.

A special note of thanks (and apology) needs to be sent out to our friend.  Brooke found a quarter at the Jumpy Place and somehow it led to the “secret” of our friend having a special pocket in his ear where he kept quarters.  This resulted in our friend being begged the entire day to do the quarter trick again, which involved Brooke tapping on his head in several places, sometimes not so gingerly.  Brooke who takes nothing we tell her at face value, is fascinated by our friend’s special ear pocket for holding quarters.

Brooke stated that she was excited to go back home and see our extended family, but… She put her head down sadly.  Scott filled in, “but you are going to miss our friends.”  Brooke shook her head.

We are very thankful to our friends for their incredible generosity and we look forward to them coming up soon so we can return the favor.