Eli and Scott come to visit

On March 5th, my brother, Scott came from Charleston with his son, Eli for a 5 day visit. Our kids were so excited, to say the least. The great part of their trip was they took turns staying at all of our houses. My parents live in town, so they usually stay there. This time, they spent the night with us one night, my sister one night, and then with my parents. This gave us all great time with Scott and Eli. On Saturday morning, we got up, filled the kids with protein and the ever popular doughnut, and went out to kart Trak to take some go-carts for a spin. Noah and Eli decided not to go cart it and they played video games instead. They had a great time. Jacob and Jonah took the go-carts out and loved it. They had been there before for birthday parties, but it was not as busy that morning, so they got to go out more often.

Jonah took off in his m&m car and Jacob was a little more reserved in his driving skills. I think that gave us a glimpse into the future. Thank God Jacob is getting his drivers license first.

Old man Scott took his turn at shooting the targets, which I know made him feel more manly. I think Noah and Eli still beat his high score. There is nothing like a 39 year old suburban dad taking shooting practice in kart Trak with is cell phone clipped to his pants. It was a sight for sore eyes.

Eli had a great time. At times, he had six cousins wanting attention from him. He took it in stride and had a great time. It is always so great to see all of the cousins playing, because I still have such good memories of my childhood, playing with all of our cousins.

After kart Trak, we headed off to Bainbridge to meet the rest of the clan and we went to the junior high where Rebecca's cousin, Amanda competed in jump roping for her school. She is a freshman this year and loves jump roping. All of the kids loved watching her. She had a cheering section of 15 people, all ranging in age from 1 1/2 to 92 years old. Afterwards, the kids ran around the front of the school and were ready to head off to the park. All of us were dragging, but we knew that running around the park was exactly what they needed. In the long run, we knew we would all benefit from this activity.

Jonah is intently working in the sand. It was one of the first nice days we have had. Sun, 50 degrees, which is why the coat is off. This is summer baby!

I like to call these two Mut and Jeff because they seem to get in trouble together when they are off by themselves. They play so well together. One minute they are pushing each other down, and then next they are defending one another. They had a great day. You know it is a good day when one of the kids has a breakdown at the end. They are tired and ready for bed. It

This was the picture of the morning sugar rush. Uncle Scott brought the doughnuts so all of the kids thought he was awesome. It was great to spend time with Scott and Eli. They got to see our house on a Saturday morning with pajama time, breakfast, and loud running around the house. Eli fit right in. We missed seeing Aunt Lara, Nate, and Abby, but we were glad to have some of the clan come and visit. Our kids are now going through withdrawals. Oh Happy day!