Monday, April 18, 2011

Nanny Auntie

My brother Todd and his wife Sharolyn live up in Midway Utah. They have 5 very cute kids. Tanner and I are up at their house watching the kids while they are in the Philippines. Todd is the entrepreneur of the family and he is there working on a new business. We got here Saturday and we head home Thursday.

The kids have been very good! I really can't complain. They get along, say please and thank you and help out with little Justin. The first night was a little hard. Justin was up every few hours. He has a bad cough and he kept waking up coughing. Last night he slept all night. So, I am hoping for that again tonight!

The older 3 kids are at school all day, so Tanner has been a little bored during the day. Hopefully the weather will be good tomorrow so we can go do something fun. Todd's tv's are a bit high tech, so it took us 2 days to figure out how to watch one of his movies. (no cable) Next time he needs to leave detailed instructions on the remote!

It stopped raining tonight long enough for the kids to play outside for a bit. They have a really fun yard that connects with all the neighbors yards. One has a great putting green...




Tanner and Dallin....



All the boys....



These neighbors have an igloo and they have turned it upside down and the kids have had more fun playing in it!




Tanner and Justin...



Justin was pretty happy when I pulled out the camera! He had lots of cheesy smiles for me!

Charity and Emily playing with friends on the trampoline...





Todd has a chicken coop. You should have seen us trying to get the 3 chickens back in after they escaped. I hope no one was watching! I was exhausted when we were done!




We played "Spin UNO" for FHE and Tanner made his favorite scotcheroos for dessert.



If you don't hear from me the next few days then you know I am exhausted!

5 comments:

Nutty Hamster Chick said...

Wow what a great sister you are! Good luck with the rest of the week. I am enjoying a bit of a break from the grind for spring break, so you are a saint to give up your vacation.

Ashley Marx said...

i laughed out loud when i read the part about the chickens. i bet that was PRICELESS!

Kim Marx said...

Next time the chickens get out, just leave their door open and they will come back on their own at night. :)

Carrie said...

When are you coming back? Let's do lunch soon! By the way, you are an awesome aunt!

Sharolyn said...

You are a wonderful sister!! Thanks so much for taking care of my kiddos! As for your comment on maybe not posting for a bit due to exhaustion...now you know why I don't have a blog at all!! Glad you are having fun...thank you again!!!