Mama Bear and Papa Bear

Last weekend Tyson and I got to play house! For a brief and quick 3 days we got to pretend we were parents of 5 amazingly cute kids. Their parents went on a cruise for a week so we got to watch them for the  last few days before they came home. At first Tyson was a little reluctant to watch them, however that quickly changed within hours of being at their house. The two youngest little girls were immediately attached to Tyson. They would hardly even talk to me, but once Tyson walked in from work they would be trailing his heels the rest of the night telling him EVERY detail about their day and all of the fun stuff we did. Tys and I decided that when we have kids of our own one day, we hope they're half as great as these kids are. :) 

The first night we took them to feed our pigs with us. Which at first I thought for sure they would think, "Ew, gross!"especially the girls, but boy was I wrong. Not only did they love the pigs and horse, but they were chasing a mouse around! Those brave, adventurous souls.

They all took turns helping Tys feed the pigs...

and even the horse.

This was a typical shot of these three. Papa bear and his baby cubs tagging along :)

On Friday we met up with my mom, Liam, Whit and Berkely at the Hurricane splash pad. The younger girls had been begging to go all week so I decided I could definitely use a tan!

       

After starving out in the sun we went to my moms for a little BBQ while the kids played out back and became adoptive parents to a baby bird they found struggling to fly.

       

                        

They made a cute little nest and even tried to feed it. It was so cute to watch how concerned they all were for it.  Tyson attempted (several times) to put the bird back in its nest, however it kept jumping out of his hand. Eventually he got it back with its family, making him their hero for saving the bird. Even Berkley gave him a nice smile, which is big for her because she's not too fond of Tyson if he gets too close. haha

     

                 

Saturday morning we were up bright and early to go play in Skyler and Melissa's irrigation water. The kids had so much fun puling each other around and Sky even joined in on the fun!

Liam tried SUPER hard to pull his daddy....i told him, 

maybe daddy needs to loose some weight ;)

My 3 little trouble makers and best of friends :)

As if we didn't get enough sun already, we decided to go swimming at the kids gma's pool

To finish off the day Tys completely won over the girls with his homemade cookies. Yum!

His two sidekicks were such good little helpers

they had to stay hydrated just to keep up though ;)

Before their parents came home the kids decided to make a cute "Welcome Home" sign and color some pictures. I think they all turned out great!

By the time Sunday morning rolled around for us to say our goodbyes and head to church, Tys and I were laying in bed, he leaned over and said, "I'm not ready to say goodbye"  :(

It was definitely hard to say goodbye, but it was a great weekend and maybe if we're lucky we'll get to watch them again really soon. :)