Ryan's dad flew into Salt Lake, picked up grandma Hodges then drove up to Pocatello to stay with us. Grandma stayed with our aunt and uncle, Wendy and Jerry (Wendy is Ryan's dad's sister), and Dad stayed with us. It was such a fun weekend and it was so good to see Dad and grandma. Friday night we ordered pizza, and had a lot of laughs as we talked about old stories!
Madi in the middle of a growl-as she was pretending to be a dinosaur all morning
Saturday morning everyone (except for me and the girls) drove down to Preston to visit Grandpas headstone in the cemetery. Then they came back up and we had a great feast of a BBQ, with all the goodness a BBQ brings! Heidi and Ben (Ryan's cousins) also came over. We had such a fun time with everyone and laughter filled our home! That is one of my favorite sounds....sadly the time came when our family returned to their homes. But before they went, Madi had a few rounds of happiness, as she got tossed in the air ove and over again by grandpa and Wendy, going back and forth between the two of them....she also got to ride on Aunt Wendy's back. After tiring them out so bad she unexpectedly turned into "gollum" as she walked upright on all fours and made some frightening noises! She sure is a funny kid sometimes and makes us all laugh! 
Love Jerry's face in this one!
Love Jerry's face in this one!
Madi getting tossed in the air...(she is potty trained, but still wears a diaper at night...haven't conquered night time yet, any suggetions by the way??)
Madi riding Wendy
Madi's great grandma and grandpa Hodges
Later that night Ryan, Dad and I had a Bourne night as we watched the first two Bourne Identity movies earlier in the day and went out and bought the third movie to watch that night. I seriously love those movies!
Sunday is always a great day as we head to church. After church we went to Wendy and Jerry's for dinner, which was just great, thank you Wendy. And then things got really serious as we had a Settlers of Catan game. I won't tell you who won...but let's just say I showed up and brought my "A" game ...hehe.
A few months back Ryan's dad, Wendy and Jerry and all of grandma's kids went on a cruise to Hawaii, as he was there he bought two little Hawaiian dresses for the girls. This was their first time wearing them since the weather has been so cold!
2 comments:
Of course you won!!! Who else!? :) I love pics. Good to see Dennis, too. The girls are cute as cute can be and I wish I could be there to come to your BBQs!
Sometime we will get a chance to duel at that game. I have only played once before but playing games with you guys has always been a blast! We will be in Utah in August... can you make it down for a few hours for a match?
As for the potty training at night... don't stress. :) She will get it down. (At least that's what everyone keeps telling me. I hope it's true!)
I am so glad you guys got to spend time with family! I am glad you see everyone so often. Family is what it's all about!
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