when the vonk's come to town...

it's always a party when the vonk's come to town! 

and we try to get as much fun stuff with the kids in as we can

last week i watched carlee and carson for amy all day

and we had a blast!

4 kids 3 and under it, was busy but we did great thanks to some awesome helpers

i took the kids to the mall and they played and ate for a few hours 

(thanks to my family for helping me keep track of everyone)

then we ate lunch at the golf course and met up with james and gamma

then we {ambitiously i might add} headed to the zoo 

for dippin' dots, more snacks - ring pops, animal juice a train ride and ice cream from a van strategically parked right by the train

the kids had such a great time together - they're talking and laughing with each other

carlee and carson just had to bring their {giant & empty} pack-packs

and carson loved his map of the zoo even though it got broken {or bended in half :)}

all the kids enjoyed seeing the jaguar 

{different then the one on Diego, duh}

and then we came back to our house and played outside some more

amy's kids were so sweet with us that day 

i had such a good time getting to know them better as the little people they are now

watching connor with them cracks me up

they are playing pretend and saying movie lines 

so big!

and a special thanks to gamma for all your help with the kids last week!