I'm still not exactly sure why this wig and sunglasses were in Anthony's suitcase, but things got a little silly when he pulled them out.
Later that day, Grandma and Aunt Desiree showed up with little cousin Aleck. They stayed all weekend while the boys were out fishing.
Austin loved having Aleck here and woke up every morning asking to play with him. I love this picture of the kids in their jammies watching the garbage truck.
Desiree and I ran a 5K Friday night. It was a lot of fun and we all enjoyed a BBQ dinner on main street afterwards, all part of the Auburn Good Ol' Days celebration.
I ran it in 22:23.
I decided that I'm done running evening races. Cool mornings are more my thing.
We missed the awards ceremony, but I took 2nd place in my division!
Desiree is a great cook and offered to make dinner one evening. She made really yummy chicken, with rice and beans. Everyone loved it!
We filled the weekend with picnics, a trip to the lake, playing at the park, swimming at the Aquatics center, and a movie in the backyard once the boys returned from their fishing trip. Doug, Des, and Aleck took off late Saturday night to visit more family, but the fun continued...
After church on Sunday, we had a yummy family dinner and had fun going on walks and playing games with Grandma and Grandpa.
They left Monday morning, but Anthony stayed with us all week. He is such a fun uncle and gives my kids all sorts of attention. They adore him. We went to Wild Waves, he helped me out with a scouting activity, and we took him to our favorite pizza buffet at the Rock.
One of my really good friends who I haven't seen for over 13 years came to visit Wednesday evening. Technically she isn't family, but close. We were best friends til I moved when I was 15, but all through High School we kept in touch. I went on family vacations with her and she flew out to Washington several times to visit. We both got married in December of '97, unfortunately, we haven't seen each other since. We had a BBQ and spent the evening talking about old times and catching up. We laughed a lot.
Mandi and I
Our kids really hit it off and by the end of the night were best of friends.
Mandi's husband Wilson and their dog (and Emma).
Thursday, we loaded up the van, picked up a few movies from the redbox, and headed off to Coeur d'alene for some more family fun.....
1 comment:
It's definitely been non-stop fun at your house.
I love the new layout of the blog and your new family pics are great, too. You've inspired me to make the change. Now I just need to figure out how to do it.
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