Weekend Fun and Birthday Wishes

I guess I need to start by catching up on our midweek visitors last week. I blogged three days in a row, and then got caught up grading (story of my life).  We were lucky enough to have two sets of visitors back to back last week. The kids had a great time with their temporary playmates and Tony and I had fun seeing everyone.

Last Wednesday afternoon Uncle Gary and Great Granny came to town for a couple of hours to see the kiddos. Uncle Gary has very recently become Grandpa Gary and he was in town to get Granny so they could head to Oklahoma and see baby Cassia. (Shout out to Kenzie and Zach and their adorable little one).  We mostly just sat around watching the kids crawl around and play, but I still think it was a good time.  Jack had lots of fun playing with Gary and a giant stuffed dog that we have, and Harper loved having Granny dote on her.

Thursday afternoon, Nana and Pop came up to see the kiddos before they headed to Houston to see cousins Wyatt and Sloane. Jack was very happy to show off his new-found crawling skills. Jack also pulled up for the first time in a functional way while Nana and Pop were there. Jack tried to pull up before, but could never quite get his feet close enough to stand without toppling over; this time he finally got it- watch out Jack is going to be on the move like his sister. Harper was as bouncy and happy as ever. She waved "bye-bye" to Nana and Pop when they left Thursday and now she can't enough of it and waves to everyone we see. Here's a picture of Harper and Pop bouncing and laughing.

This weekend, we spent around the house. I would love to be able to say we checked items off our "to-do list", but instead we did things with the kiddos. Here are some pictures from a walk I took with (all) the kids on Saturday afternoon. Abby has gotten better walking beside the stroller, but it's still not her favorite. I walked the extra long loop so Abby could get a little reward for her trouble. The weather was chilly, so we finally got to bust out the jackets; aren't they cute?  We also went to the pumpkin patch Saturday afternoon- pictures to follow later this week.

Last but not least, we visited another church. We're still trying to find a church home; it's much different when we have two little noise makers with us. Tony and I judge the church by the number of dirty looks we get when one of the kids squeal. I hope we find a place we both like. In any event, the kids just look so cute dressed up that I can't let the moment pass without a picture. So, here are my little church mice this morning.

We also have a very important event today- today is Papa's birthday. My kids are very lucky to have a Papa like him and we love him very much. Happy, happy birthday to you, Papa. We hope you have had a great today and can't wait to Skype with you soon!