A taste of parenthood...

Jake and Owen

My brother-in-law(Jake's brother) Ryan had a birthday last weekend. So we told him and Teri we would take their kids Friday and have a sleep over with us, so Ryan and Teri could have a date night and celebrate Ryan's Birthday. Ryan is in Pharmacy School and Teri stays home with their kids, they both as so busy and don't get a lot of alone time together, plus we love their kids and watned to play with them!

Ashlynn and Owen love forts so Jake had the great idea of transforming our whole living room into a giant fort!

Ashlynn and Owen enjoyed the fort for about an hour, but I think they had more fun tearing it down!

We made their favorite dinner of breakfast. We had waffles, eggs, and sausage. But it looks like Jake is enjoying it just as much as the kids. Owen was so tired he fell asleep before we even got their bed ready. He played so hard!

Ashlynn was so excited that she got to sleep on the pull out bed, and she got to stay up a little later than usual and watch Monsers vs. Aliens.

The next morning there were ducks on our lawn so Ashlynn and Owen got to feed them from our deck.

The kids love their uncle Jake. He was playing music for Ashlynn so she could pretend she was "Wille" from the movie Free Willie

This is Ashlynn being Willie on the bed. She makes the noises and everything. Lucky for me she told me I bought her, so I guess I have my very own Whale!

Owen was missing his "mama" and the only thing that would make him smile was asking him if he wanted to cook. He loves being in the kitchen so we decided to make homeade wheat bread. Owen was a great help. His favorite part was trying the dough when we were finished.

Waiting for it to rise...

The Finished Project

We had so much fun with Ashlynn and Owen, and would love for them to come stay with us again! Jake and I were so tired aften they left, but as soon as they left we missed them like crazy! I am glad they live so close to us!