Washington 2009

So, our trip to my parents' house was busy and fun. We got there after a seemingly never-ending plane ride of 4 hours and 40 minutes (I shouldn't complain - driving would have taken days!) and spent tons of time with all of my family. My brother lives close by and would come over each day after work for a while. The kids really like him. My sister lives a couple hours away, so she brought her family over for a few days and it was fun to see them. We went to visit the great-grandparents each day too! (Great-Grandpa is in a nursing home and Great-Grandma is at home, so we'd see one or the other each day.) Mom took the time off from work and Dad only had to work a couple days, so the kids had lots of opportunities to play with them, and wear them out!

Here are some pictures!

Silly Uncle Steve!



One day during quiet time/nap time. I think we wore him out! (Grandma got the kids each a portable CD player and three books read on a CD. They LOVE them! We're flying through AA batteries now, but that's OK.)

At Odyssey:

How dare I stop the fun to get a picture. They were actually having a blast, even though you wouldn't know it from this picture!

Wearing Grandpa out!

With Aunt Carolyn, Jared, and Allyson

Great-Grandma

Great-Grandpa




Playing a shape guessing game that we had when I was little.

The Zoo

Matthew at the zoo. (It was pretty chilly!)

Uncle Steve and the kids!