Visit from the Hights

We started off the month of April with some fun visitors: the Hights. The cousins were on Spring Break, so they took advantage of their free time to come visit us. Although our kids were in school, we made the most of our weekend, late afternoons, and very late evenings. The kids all slept in late the morning after they all left. It was a blast having 7 extra people in the house! Yes, 5 kids and 2 adults. We are fortunate enough to have a house big enough to accommodate that many people, which is awesome.
The older cousins babysat, the younger cousins entertained, and nothing were ever quiet... unless everyone was on their iPad or iPhone.
The adults went shooting. It was my first time, and it was actually a lot more fun than I expected. I definitely want to go shooting again. Of course it helps that I was a pretty good shot, not that I'm bragging or anything. That night, we went out to dinner in Scottsdale. We actually had an appetizer at one place, a main course somewhere else, and dessert at another restaurant. We used the golf cart shuttles to get around. And that's what Scottsdale is all about. Well, that and getting wasted, which we didn't do.
As for the kids, they took turns riding in everyone's car, spent some time in the swimming pool (because it's April here, yo), found mice bones out in the backyard and played with them, took bubbles baths in the giant tub, had sleepovers all over the house, and played in the splash pads at the mall.
As a group, we saw Zootopia at the movie theatre, played about 200 games of Wacky 6, ate a multiple resaturants, including that one that sells Belgian waffles, and celebrated Spencer's birthday party at Air Time.
It was so much fun that I can almost, almost, forget the fact that one morning, as I got into the car to take the boys to school, my battery died. Then it died again at the pump, and again at the store. Fortunately, Lily had a charger in her car that she let me borrow until I called AAA to come and replace the battery. That same day, which happened to be Spencer's birthday, Lily's car broke down because of something coming loose with the brakes, which had just been replaced the previous week. Fortunately, it happened close to our house, not while driving out here and out to Sedona in the middle of nowhere. And fortunately, they were going the speed limit of 45 and not 85 mph. And fortunately, there wasn't a ton a traffic around and no one was injured. But the car did have to be towed, and Marcus had to stay with it for 3-4 hours until it was fixed. Happy birthday, Spencer.
But in all seriousness, it was a lot of fun to see the 11 cousins all playing together. We missed Tyler, Meili, and Koa. I think it's about time for a Beeston family reunion. Well, actually, maybe when I'm not so pregnant. And probably also after baby girl is a little bigger and I can actually sleep through the night again.