We were lucky enough to have my SIL and her children visit us at the beginning of February while my brother was on a business trip. They were here overnight and there was much fun had by all!
Having a birthday dinner for Abby. Homemade Mac n Cheese and Ceaser salad with homemade dressing - complete with anchovies (shhh! don't tell the kids - they LOVED it).
My Anna Banana - She and Damien had a couple go arounds. Once I went to the bonus room and she was saying "No baby, no no baby" and Damien was sitting on her. He looked at me like "what?" She is an absolute delight! She is also my phone buddy. She calls me on her moms cell phone and we talk...her mom did NOT know she was doing that by the way...she thought Anna was playing 'calling Aunt Mimi."
Jack Attack! My Godson. Love him. He had so much fun playing with Michael (whom he worships). Being an only boy he needs that quality male cousin lego time!
Lexi is such sweetness. Damien adores her. There is a picture of her on my phone and Damien likes to find it and smile at it and talk to it and then show it to anyone that is around...including strangers at the store.
Kaitlyn...is 10...how on EARTH did that happen? Her mom was pregnant with her at our wedding! It was nice to spend time with her and listen to all the wonderful things rolling around in her head.
mmmmmmm cake
The birthday girl - she was so excited to share it with cousins.
The kids thought it was awesome that it is so windy here. They were pretending they were going to blow over (or not pretending...it was pretty windy that night).
We all went back inside and someone was upset he wasn't in the picture. So we went back out....can you guess who it was?
There was much playing with cell phones. It was quickly determined that Aunt Susan's iphone was WAY cooler than mommy's LG phone...I agree...I agree...
The 4 older kids had a camp out on the floor of the bonus room. We really can't wait for them to come back to visit. :)
Jack Attack! My Godson. Love him. He had so much fun playing with Michael (whom he worships). Being an only boy he needs that quality male cousin lego time!
Lexi is such sweetness. Damien adores her. There is a picture of her on my phone and Damien likes to find it and smile at it and talk to it and then show it to anyone that is around...including strangers at the store.
Kaitlyn...is 10...how on EARTH did that happen? Her mom was pregnant with her at our wedding! It was nice to spend time with her and listen to all the wonderful things rolling around in her head.
We are very lucky to have a beautiful school within walking distance from our house. It just opened this year and is amazing. The kids LOVE it. This was taken on their first day of school. See all that yummy morning sun on their faces? It is sunny 6 out of 7 days here...LOVE IT!
Michael has always liked...well odd...positions to read/play/sit. I have found him reading upside down and crammed into small areas. I was unpacking and found Michael reading in the guest room like this. Later I found him behind all the boxes. I need to take pictures of all of them and make a book "The Various Reading Positions of the 7 Year Old."*
The cats were pretty freaked out by all the hubbub from the last couple months. They pretty much hid all the time. It became a game to find out where they were. Damien found them in the cupboard in the laundry room. He liked to sit in there with them and shut the doors. He even brought some of his hot wheels in there so he could play. 
