Brad and Jessie Visit

Our amazing friends, Brad and Jessie, from Wisconsin came all the way to Lowell to visit for the weekend!  They have 2 kids; Bennett is 2 (6mon younger than Brie) and Eleanor is 7mon (23 days younger than Leah).  It was a VERY fun weekend, it went so well considering we had 4 kids 2yrs old and younger in one house!

We went to their house this past February......it was bad news, Brie was sick and was SO off her rocker and behaved horrible. The weekend was amazing though, we had such a great time spending time with each other!

We really didn't do much outside the house; we spent a ton of time in the pool and on the deck.  Everyday, our goal was to get all 4 kids to nap at the same time!  2 out of the 3 days we were successful!!  It was amazing to have some adult only pool time.  And then we would take turns getting out of the pool and taking care of the kiddos.  We were in the pool more that weekend that I think I have been in the past 2 years combined!  So relaxing and just wonderful.  Both toddlers were so-so about going in the pool; they played in the little kiddie pool mostly......in their diapers/underwear usually!

The toddlers played really well together!  Every once in a while they would hoard toys from each other, but that is how they learn I guess!  The babies played well together too!  Eleanor is such a happy little girl, she is always 'talking' and looking for the next thing to play with.  Leah and Eleanor would sit together and play with toys and eat each others puffs.

We ate almost all our meals outside on the deck, which is very ideal with two messy toddlers.

I loved being able to get to know their kids more!

We went to Frederick Meijer Gardens for part of the day.  It was good to get out and have the kids run around for a bit.  They were very entertained by the boats, the large horse, and the fish pond!

Brie and Bennett both love TV.....so a couple times they did watch a show together.  Aren't they so cute hanging out?!

One of the days the babies and toddlers napped at different times, so we took Leah and Eleanor in the pool with us.  They liked it for the most part!  They both liked splashing.

Somehow it got started that every time we are together we take Alec's picture with all the kids.  More kids keep getting added to the picture!  So many little munchkins.

We are so grateful for wonderful friends.  They really became family to us while we lived in Wisconsin, we miss hanging out with them on a weekly basis like we used too! We are hoping to take a trip over to them in late October.  Hopefully it goes well!