Houseguests

We love it when cousins come to town! We lucked out and got to have the Christensen family for a sleepover during their annual trek to Utah and Idaho (from North Carolina.) We loved having them here and tried to make the most of their overnighter. Joseph and Rob engaged in an 8 ball tournament, Flori made us delicious calzones for dinner and I made us some Southern Cream Pie for dessert, and once the little ones were in bed we watched Jurrasic Park. Joseph got the biggest kick out of seeing his nieces freak out and yet keep watching. They were pretty brave and very funny during it--Eloise kept quietly repeating "it's just animation..."


In the morning I woke up around 8:00 and happened upon this gathering on the couch. Aren't they cute all huddled together? It was pretty funny--oh, the joy of sharing ugly YouTube videos with family :)

We popped down to Kneaders in our PJs for Cinnamon French Toast and then stopped at the park on our way back so the kids could get some of their wiggles out. It was such a hot morning though--we didn't last very long. Instead we headed home and played Dance, Dance Revolution on the XBOX and the big kids built a killer fort for the littler ones under the pool table.





Joseph had the rest of the day off so we got him fitted for some new glasses and then I dropped him at the movie theater with Cares and Beans to see Despicable Me with the whole LeBaron crew--one last hoorah while Flori and Rob were in town.

Christensens--when can we see you again? You guys are so fun and my kids completely adore you! I think Cares wants Bea for her own little sis :) And thanks for showing me some cool new musicians--did you know that Tightrope was used on So You Think You Can Dance the day after you played it for me? Now maybe they'll use The Apples in Stereo next week...