July 17, 2011: Dennie Family Get Together

9 Grandkids and Counting...

Highlights from today: (Click here for pictures)

• We slept fairly well last night-oh, who am I kidding-they slept fairly well last night.  Here is a run down of my night: Anderson loudly dreaming, Graham losing his taggie, Anderson needing me to fix his covers, Graham needing me to fix his covers, my having to go to the bathroom, Anderson thinking his nose was bleeding and Robby snoring like a freight train but other than all of that I slept well!
• The kids helped finish off all of our leftover snacks while the grown ups cleaned up and loaded up.  Then we had the annual group picture.  The kids must be at a fairly decent age because they all seemed to look at the camera. 
• After saying our good byes to all of our cousins (and let me tell you, Campbell LOVED Cash, Josh and Zach).  We headed home but we did need a little stop first-at Shipleys.  The kids had donut holes and Robby and I had the chocolate filled donuts (why does Krispy Kreme not have those?)
  
• Soon we were home, unloaded and even had the car vacuumed out.  Campbell took a little snooze and then we had more leftovers for lunch.  The kids played (dumped all of their toys out) and then cleaned up before nap.  And since such a mess had been made earlier, everyone was told to lay in bed and everyone fell asleep (even if it was for a short time)
• After rest it was time to get ready for church tonight.  The big 3 went to big church with us and before church they all saw Nonna, Pops, Grannymom, Grandpa and even Jenna (Graham was so excited to see Jenna-she might be taking Dana’s place in his little heart).  They did well during church but Graham probably did the best sitting still and being quiet
• We saw all the family again and then headed out to eat at All Aboard.  The kids had a blast watching the train come and deliver the food to our table.  I seriously thought they were going to pass out they were so excited.  We will have to go sometime when it is busy and the trains are continuously working.  They were so engrossed in watching the trains that they devoured their food. 
• At home, it was bedtime and it must be nice to be back in your own bed because no one has called us up there…..yet!