Family Visit

During the second week of July, we made a trip to Wichita to visit family. Ben's sister and her family were in town, so we wanted to get up there while they were there. We stayed a few days and had such a good time! It is so fun to watch all the kids (who span 5 years) play together.

We started one evening by splashing in the pool in the backyard.

But then we moved on to baseball... or rather trying to hit tennis balls with a plastic bat. Lila was more interested in gathering all the balls.

After watching the process for awhile, Wyatt thought he had it figured out. "Who needs a pitcher? I'll just hold the ball up myself."

"Hmm... or maybe I'll hold the ball down."

We celebrated Lila's 4th birthday while we were there. As a special treat, we took all the girls to Build-a-Bear and let them create a special friend. They each started by picking out the animal they wanted.

The next step was to add the stuffing. Here Lila is pushing the pedal that makes the "fluff" go into her bunny.

After your animal is stuffed, you can give it an air bath. Kaelyn thought this was fun.

And then you can pick out an outfit! Lila named her bunny "Butterfly."

Another thing we did while we were there was visit a splash park. It was really neat because we had the park practically to ourselves. Lila loved it!

Wyatt wasn't so sure at first...

But it didn't take long before he was soaking wet and smiling big!

Of course, I think they all stopped at one point and took a drink (at least my two kids did)!

Some more backyard fun.

Listening to Grandma sing and play the piano.

David and Wyatt also played together some. Here they are working on the same puzzle. My sister-in-law is expecting a baby any day now, so the next time we get together, we will probably have 2 more kids who can play together - well, ok, so they won't be playing together for a little bit :) - but they will someday!