Visitors.....(still catching up)

It was so nice to have some of my family in town for a few weeks. We had been looking forward to this forever. My sister Amy and her little girl Savannah were going to come out last year when I had Bryton, but they were flying standby and never did make it. It was so sad then but we were glad this year because they got to use those tickets and fly out to see us. This time they only had to spend one full day in the airport trying to get out....sorry guys but it was sure worth it to us! We had a lot of fun while they were here. I think we did more in the one week that they were here than I have done the entire last year. I guess going out sounds a lot better when you have a few extra people to help manage the little ones. Here are some of the fun things we got to do...



Some fun at the splash park...



Time with the kids...








It was so nice to have so much help with the kids...Savannah would take Madison and Jackson upstairs and play with them forever. Did I mention how nice that was? They had so much fun with her, it's all they talk about. Madison keeps reminding us that Daddy promised her that in a few years we can move back to Utah and live by all of her cousins.



One afternoon we drove into down town Dallas to one of the many huge malls there and visited the American Girl Doll store (among a few others). :) The girls had so much fun looking at all the dolls and their accessories...Madison already knows what she wants for Christmas. They also had this little Cafe Bistro that you can eat at with your doll. It was kinda expensive so we were debating if we should eat dinner there or not and then decided it was one of those things you just do once so what the heck. But come to find out the place was actually closed for the evening already...I think we were all ok with it except for Madison she had her doll already picked out and she was pretty upset. With a few bribes she got over it quick and we found another little place in the mall to eat.



This is a picture from one of our other shopping excursions. We had been at the outlets for the majority of the day and the kids were pretty tired. By this point we each had a kid we were pushing in some kind of stroller. Amy had Jackson...as we entered into one of the stores she was talking on the phone so I asked her if she was still ok with him (as he usually requires the most attention). She said yes...and so I continued shopping. A few minutes later I came around the corner with Bryton and saw Jackson with something around his neck. I asked Amy what he had as we both bent down to get a better view. Sure enough Jackson had managed to swipe this off one of the tables and make himself a fine necklace with it.....that's right....it's a pair of ladies underwear! Seriously, of all the things to get. As we were dying of laughter, I was able to snap a picture before getting reprimanded by the store clerk for taking pictures of their merchandise. Good times!



Bryton's first ice cream...



Trying to cool off with ice cream from one of our favorite places. The messier it is the better it tastes...right Jacks? :)



A day at the pool...thanks Amy and Mom for watching Bryton.



At the movies...

A few pictures of the us while we were all together.






Trying to find the right terminal at the airport...and that is the last picture we have as there were too many tears after that!



Thanks again guys for coming it was so fun to have you here with us we have a lot of great memories and look forward to your next visit. (Make it real soon!) It was nice to have my Mom here for that week too and she also got to stay a bit longer...as you'll see in the next post.