Visitors

James' cousin Stephanie and her two year old daughter Lexi came for a visit.  We had so much fun.  They took the train up from Portland Saturday morning and we picked them up at the train station here in Tacoma Saturday afternoon.  We went home got settled in ate lunch and then went swimming.  I forgot to bring my camera to the swimming pool but we had a blast.  the girls swam for 1.5 hours.  Grace was in heaven, and Gwenevere enjoyed it as long as she was in control: no jumping off the pool edge for Gwenevere but Lexi and Grace loved it.  

Sunday we went to church together, Gwenevere had fun with Lexi in Nursery and then we went to Owen's beach for a BBQ dinner and some mother nature enjoyment.  

 We also pulled out Gwenevere's play house and let the girls go wild.  It was very entertaining.

Monday morning we rolled around in our PJs for a while then got ready for Mommy and Me Book club.

We read Mouse Paint and talked about colors

We let all the kids mix paint colors and paint.  It was a hit.

 After book club we ran over to the zoo to get the sister missionaries into the zoo and have a picnic lunch.

of course a trip to zoo wouldn't be complete without a carousel ride.

This picture of Gwenevere reminds me of one of the dogs in Lady and the Tramp.  You know the gray female dog that sing about the Tramp.  LOL.

Later that evening we did a little water coloring. 

Tuesday we went to Mac Donald's for Lunch.  then we dropped Grace off at the sitters and we took Lexi and Gwenevere to go see Madagascar 3.  

At Mac Donald's

The theater was amazing.  

Super comfy reclining chairs, lots of snacks and funny movie.

It was perfect.

After the show the girls wanted to take pictures by all the Brave posters in the theater.  

They also wanted to check out the arcade 

 I have an adorable movie of the girls doing Dance Dance revolution.   

James had the day off on Wednesday so we loaded up my car for Utah and then went to the Children's Museum.  Lexi started out in the water room while Gwenevere had a tea party with Papa.  

Then Gwenevere made her way to the water room while Lexi played with the balls.

Grace also enjoyed the water room and all the balls that go with it.

But by far Grace's favorite thing it this rocking boat. 

The girls also had fun getting stuck in the tubes.  

Once the kids where thoroughly exhausted we ate lunch said goodbyes to Papa and started our long drive to Portland.

Saying goodbye to Papa was the hardest part.

Thanks Stephanie and Lexi for coming to play.  And thanks Todd for letting them stay so long. We are excited to meet little Kaiden (not sure how you spell it).  I'm so glad we decided to make this a summer tradition.