Becca came to visit on Tuesday - it was great! She was feeling great and the kids loved getting to see and play with baby Laura. We had fun chatting and having lunch together and letting the kids play. In the evening we had a quiet time with out Eileen around. I missed her a lot more than I realized that I would and worried about her more than I needed to.
Wednesday morning, Dan's parents arrived. We had a great time with them - working and playing and snuggling the baby. The kids all wanted to play games and read books all the time - they have loved having Grandma and Grandpa visit! In the evening, Dan had the Young Men's activity and Anna had activity days. She got to decorate cupcakes - and was sweet enough to decorate some for everyone - and she did a great job too - they were so cute!
Thursday was more work around the house and games with Grandma and lots of taking care of the baby. In the evening, Aaron had cub scouts. Mostly it was a busy but easy going day!
Friday was a fun day. The kids had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa - helping around the house and trying to teach them games. In the afternoon, it poured for a bit - but it was still nice and warm outside, so the kids (and Dan) got swimsuits on and headed out to jump on the trampoline in the downpour. It was so funny! I grabbed my camera to get pictures and a video - once Evelyn realized what I was doing - she had to pose for the camera. In the evening, we had a fun movie night again and made personal pizzas for dinner and popped some pop corn and watched "The Secret Life of Pets" - it was a cute movie and we had a fun time together.
Saturday was spent by me eagerly awaiting Eileen's return. My Dad flew in from Texas for the baby blessing and we all enjoyed a family dinner together! Finally back together. We also spent some time getting things ready for Sunday! I just thought it was so fun watching the grandparents all trying to get the perfect picture of David - so I took a picture of them :)
Sunday was a busy morning - getting ready for church and getting David ready for a day out. Stephen came down for the blessing with Lincoln. Newell and Becky and family came and Becca and Jeremiah came with Laura. We had a wonderful full circle of family and friends. These are the priesthood brothers that blessed baby David (not including the bishop and stake president) It was wonderful! There were also two other babies blessed (twins) today and a confirmation. There was also some Stake business to be taken care of and I led the choir in a musical number. The choir did a great job and Stephen was kind enough to step in and sing with us too!
It was so wonderful to have so much family around us! After - we invited people over to hang out at the house with us. It was lots of fun and a great chance to be with people we care about!
In the evening, we all (we being our immediate family, the grandparents and Becca and Laura) went to the nursing home to see Glenna and play music for her. The kids brought instruments and we used their piano and the kids all played songs for her. We listened and sang and had a wonderful time. The kids were so cute and so friendly and brought cheer to everyone! After, we headed home for dinner before taking my Dad to the airport.
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