Family Visits

We had a great time celebrating Roxanne's birthday with her in Oklahoma! The kids are always up for a festive celebration especially when it involves their Grammy (and dessert!).

We celebrated with a trip to the aquarium. It's always such a joy to see the kids spending such precious and fun times with their grandparents.

I was very impressed with the quality of the aquarium and the various exhibits. Here's Payson checking out Nemo and his friends. And, yes, that's Dori in there too!

The kids enjoyed all of the hands-on exhibits such as feeding stingrays and touching shrimp and crabs. Here are Grammy, Hayden, Daddy, GP and Madison feeding the turtles.

Let's take a closer look...

Afterwards we dined along the waterfront.

Back at home GP and Payson bonded over Legos. Payson is really good with the small Legos and has shown that he is ready to move on from the larger toddler Duplos. Like many boys his age, he could play with Legos for hours and Grammy and GP have a nice, large collection of interesting pieces to keep him entertained.

Payson had his first experience with the Wii and, like most males, he took to it right away and didn't want his video gaming to end. Like father, like son.

We enjoyed some adult time too catching up with good friends over dinner and dessert.

We also got to meet our sweet newborn nephew, Marshall. Payson has two sisters and 5 girl cousins so we are all excited to welcome a second boy to the family. Congrats Barry and Chelsey!

Keith was all smiles while holding his first nephew.

Madison still adores babies and this was her first time to ever hold a baby in the family.

My super 89-year-old Grandpa visited us this month and we had a great time with him here. Keith grilled up a whole red snapper for the occasion.

We had a swim party with the cousins who got to spend lots of time together during Grandpa's two-week visit. Silly swimmers!

Pizza party- YUM!

My mom and her dad.

The girls had a tea party with their stuffed animals and included Grandpa in the fun.

Payson giving his great-Grandpa a big hug. They had a great time, including playing t-ball together outside.

Thanks for visiting us, Grandpa!