Backyard Fun in Magnolia

Sam has some of the best friends EVER!  Here he is sitting with Don Roberts watching the kids have a blast riding a zipline, swinging and eating cotton candy all in his backyard!  He and Don have known eachother for 20+ years now!  Don's wife Judy, has decorated their backyard with a bunch of shops that look like they are straight out of an old western movie!  She has also decorated their entire house with different themes for each room!  My favorite room is the large movie theater set in Egyptian style.  There is also a trophy racecar room, jungle room, game room (pool, shuffle board, jukebox, etc.), casino room, knife room (we didn't let the kids stay there long) and more.  There house and backyard was seriously like walking through a carnival with fun, fun, fun everywhere!

 

Emily swinging away!
They had this giant swing set up where you climbed to the top of a ladder and launched yourself off!

 

Katie swinging

 Bex on the zipline

 Emily cruising down the zipline

 

 It was a little tricky for Matthew to climb onto the seat up on the platform, but once he got the hang of it, he was off!

 Matthew loved the giant swing

 Here he is taking off from the top of the ladder!  Go Matthew! Go!

Judy brought out their cotton candy machine and the kids were in heaven!  Each got their own big puff of cotton candy and the play continued!  Sugar!!!

 Just cute

 The kids loved to play with the 2 dogs there

 

 Emily cruising on the swing

 

My favorite pictures of Bex

 

She discovered this waterfall from the rooftop of one of the buildings and was timid at first.

 Then she became a little more brave...

 And even shook her tush at the water.

 Next came her head and by the end of the day, she was soaked!  I thought she was such a funny girl playing in the water!

 Matthew zipping down the line again!  He did this about a thousand times today!

Katie loved the zipline and especially the landing where her shoe fell off each time! 

We had such a wonderful afternoon meeting and catching up with our friends.  Their backyard fun was amazing and the kids keep asking when we will be going back!