play time and jelly belly factory trip

Yesterday, we had a fun pool day outside then, headed over to the Giese's for all of us girls (Lisa, me, Baileigh and Shannon) to all hang out and let the kiddos play. Shannon & Lisa cooked dinner and we just all sat around laughing, talking and yelling things like.."Put that down!!" or "No hitting golf clubs towards your friends heads!"...such a treat to feel completely comfortable in such chaos. Here's a pics of the only one of us girls that doesn't have kids. We worry that we are either fully preparing her of the joys to come or scaring her into heading back home to South Carolina so her husband can't get her pregnant....

The kids love her too. (They can sense when someone doesn't have their own kids to wear them out, I think...) She's super sweet, too. Today, we all headed to the Jelly Belly Factory about 45 minutes outside of Sac. The drive was gorgeous and all of the kids (there were 12 of us total) were little angels.We got there, all had lunch at the little tables outside (where everyone wants a bite of whatever someone else has....hysterical to see them all eyeing each other's plates of the exact same meals...) then, headed into the line for the tour. We all had to wear hats like Kenzie has on in the pic below...ALL OF US...hysterical. We saw the whole factory, learned about the process, etc. All 7 kiddos were well behaved too. Then, we shopped for our favorite kinds of jelly beans. Reese picked out Candy Corn and ate the whole bag. It was a blast! Here's a pic of our whole gang...Watson's, Carson's, Tolleson's. Giese's & McPherson's.

We're missing Daddy but doing great with him on the road. Tomorrow we have more pool time and gymnastics, then dinner at Lisa's. Thank goodness for these girls!