Family Visit

My sister, Kimber, and her family came to visit us over Easter. I was so excited! I absolutely love it when family comes to visit and we had such a great time!

Because Kimber's husband is a pilot they get free flights when they fly standby. While I love this since it means they can come visit, it sometimes has some unfortunate side-effects, like lost luggage. Fortunately, the airport provides small bags of necessities when a passenger's bag gets lost.

Here is a picture of three cute kids wearing the t-shirts the airport had provided for them since they didn't have any jammies. They loved watching Uncle David play games on his computer.



On Sunday I had the kids go into our yard and cut some flowers for a boquet. Here's Gracelyn with the finished product. I thought it turned out pretty good!

Here's us at Easter dinner. We had quite a few people so we pushed two tables together to make a huge square table. Cameron's mom, Daleen, came as well and brought me some beautiful popcorn ball flowers which reminded me of home since my parent's house has several of these plants that bloom every year. I used them as the centerpiece. They were so beautiful. Thanks, Daleen!

We had an Easter egg hunt in our back yard that actually entertained the kids for quite a while. I was impressed! Good job hiding the eggs, Kimber!

Afterwards the kids compared what they got and ate way too much sugar.

Since the adults...I mean, the kids were pretty exhausted after all the Easter festivities, we ended up decorating eggs the next morning.

Afterwards we went to the Guilford County Courthouse National Park where the kids learned about the Revolutionary War and earned junior ranger badges. Then we had fun bowling. Well, I had fun watching everyone else bowl since I'm a little front-heavy at the moment so I decided not to participate :) Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my camera to all of these escapades so you'll have to use your imagination.

The next day we went to the Greensboro Children's Museum. I had never been there and I was so impressed! We spent three hours there and the kids easily could have spent another two. It was so fun and actually pretty relaxing for the adults since the kids were so entertained.

One area had a stage with lights, sound effects, instruments, and costumes. Sorry these aren't the best pictures but I wanted to include them because the kids were so funny! Brian Dean wanted to wear the Cookie Monster costume but it didn't fit so he just wore it on his arms and his head with the rest dangling. McKenna wore zebra pants, a hat, and vest and played the drums. Meanwhile, Gracelyn was in charge of lights and sound.

There was also a store where you could be the baker, deli manager, cashier, or just a shopper. Gracelyn was great at being the deli manager.

Here's Gracelyn giving McKenna a checkup at the doctor's office.

Apparently, Doctor Gracelyn found that McKenna had broken her leg and needed a boot!

Brian Dean liked the construction zone and looked good in his tool belt (even if we had to tie it twice around his waist to get it to stay on!)

He also got to be a firefighter and drive the fire truck!

Last but not least, here they are shoveling coal to make the train run. This was really cool because the area where you put the coal was motion-sensored so when you put the coal in it would light up like a fire and then dim again when you removed the shovel to get more. Also, the screen you see showing the tracks was a video screen and you could actually make the train appear to be going faster or slower depending on how you drove it. It was pretty cool.Overall we had a wonderful time. Thank you again for coming, Kimber!