Marx and Maddox's Visit

I was going through pictures from the past couple of months and realized I didn't post anything from when Marx and Maddox were here to visit besides Marx's baptizm.

Ben's cousins Laurel and Charlie live really close to my parents and the boys love to play with their little girls so we took them over for an afternoon. They loved the little kiddie pool and stayed in it for a good hour or so.

That is Marlee on the far left, she is 21 months and the little girl in the pool with the boys is Haley (pronounced Hal-lee) they are both so much fun. Haley loves Marx and asks me about him every time I see her, she was so happy to have them there, she chased Marx around trying to kiss him and Marx told her he will get in trouble if he kisses any girls. :)

They had a pretty good time splashing and getting as much water out of the pool as they possibly could, Mar and Deacon were in and out of the pool over and over again.

Filling up the pool again after they splashed half the water out of it. Deacon loves the hose, can you tell?

Marx and Hal jumped on the trampoline for a while after drying off, then it was back in the pool again.

Maddox wanted to have his picture taken, what a handsome boy! Love those blue eyes!

The boys (Marx, Maddox and Will) went yardsaling with Nana and found a couple of rockets. Nana already had several from her years and years of teaching rocketry and ELP. They were supposed to launch on Saturday night but it got really windy by the time it was cooling off enough to launch and we had to postpone it. We ended up launching the next morning before church at about 7 a.m. Talk about keeping the Sabbath Day holy. ;) The boys took turns launching, this was Marx's first attempt.

Retrieving the rocket, they went pretty far and it was fun to watch the boys chase them as they came back down. They wanted me to help in retrieval but since this was the day before Rowan was born I declined the offer.

Maddox's launch, he took off to retrieve it right after this.

All three boys watching Papa's launch, he went last.

Papa's launch. Papa used a "c" engine which is a pretty big engine for these little rockets and we ended up losing this rocket completely. We found the nosecone and the parachute but no rocket body. Woops. Maybe next time the Big Dog will be content with a smaller engine.

Maddox loved to hold Rowan, this was in the hospital but he held him as much as he could after we brought him home. We found Maddox standing next to the laundry basket that served as a baby bed just gazing at the baby several times. He was very proud of his little brother. When Kris came to pick up the boys Maddox asked him if he wanted to pet his baby brother.

Marx thought Rowan was pretty cool too. That makes 4 little brothers and One little sister for Marx, he is an awesome big brother. No more siblings for him though, both Julie and I are done!

The last day the boys were here Papa had a great idea to take them all outside and get them wet with the water hose, Papa got quite wet himself!

Papa and Deacon made sure that Will was nice and cool.

They did a pretty thorough job of getting everybody and everything soaked.

Four little boys and a water hose, who needs toys?

I just love the look on Will's face, the water looks pretty cool too. Nana and I watched from the window, by the time they were done there were 5 plumbers cracks out there.

We had so much fun with Marx and Maddox, they spent a lot of time with Will and Nana and Papa while I was in the hospital. I have such great kids, I feel lucky to have them.