We were so excited to have some visitors last weekend! Dustin's mom, Marcia, had to make a trip up to Montana for her work, and planned to spend a night in Rexburg on her way back to Utah. She ended up bringing her sister Lila (Some of you may know her as Miss Cooley from Cedar Ridge!) and her dad, Grandpa Cooley and his wife Grandma Charlotte.
We had such a good visit with them! Kennedy dragged out scrapbook after scrapbook to show off, and Hudson spend the visit dodging kisses from all the ladies. Dustin's Grandpa is one of the best gardeners we know, so Dustin was so excited to show off his work. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before (hee hee) but he's pretty much obsessed with his garden. I complained that he needed to spend less time in the garden and more on the new flower beds. So he planted squash in the flower bed on the side of the house. OK, not what I meant...
Anyway, Grandpa and Grandma hadn't seen my house yet, and Charlotte's reaction was definitely fun. I just have to say, I love that lady. She is the SWEETEST little thing, so happy and fun and a little silly. Plus, she tells me everytime I see her how "gorgeous" I am...her words, not mine. And how gorgeous my kids are, and now my house too! How could you not love her??? She's getting quite forgetful in her old age, however, so I think she told me I was beautiful about 35 times during her 18 hour visit, and the same about my house. Seriously, I did not mind! Kennedy got the same treatment, so she is a big Grandma Charlotte fan, too.
We had a barbeque Friday night, which unfortunately got rained out, but that didn't ruin our appetite. Dustin does some awesome Dutch-oven potatoes, yay for summer and cooking outside! On Saturday, after a huge breakfast (do I have an awesome hubby or what?) we took Grandma Marcia to the Teton Flood Museum and showed her the kids' room we love, while Grandma, Grandpa and Lila visited Dustin's cousins. We all met up for luch afterwards at, of course, Big Juds, where we take most of our visitors for huge, delish burgers and ice cream.
Hudson and Kennedy with Grandma Marcia...she brought Hudson some new trucks and Kennedy a whole bag full of new lip gloss. They could not have been more thrilled!
The monkeys with their Great-Grandpa Cooley and Great-Grandma Charlotte...
We had such a good visit with them! Kennedy dragged out scrapbook after scrapbook to show off, and Hudson spend the visit dodging kisses from all the ladies. Dustin's Grandpa is one of the best gardeners we know, so Dustin was so excited to show off his work. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before (hee hee) but he's pretty much obsessed with his garden. I complained that he needed to spend less time in the garden and more on the new flower beds. So he planted squash in the flower bed on the side of the house. OK, not what I meant...
Anyway, Grandpa and Grandma hadn't seen my house yet, and Charlotte's reaction was definitely fun. I just have to say, I love that lady. She is the SWEETEST little thing, so happy and fun and a little silly. Plus, she tells me everytime I see her how "gorgeous" I am...her words, not mine. And how gorgeous my kids are, and now my house too! How could you not love her??? She's getting quite forgetful in her old age, however, so I think she told me I was beautiful about 35 times during her 18 hour visit, and the same about my house. Seriously, I did not mind! Kennedy got the same treatment, so she is a big Grandma Charlotte fan, too.
We had a barbeque Friday night, which unfortunately got rained out, but that didn't ruin our appetite. Dustin does some awesome Dutch-oven potatoes, yay for summer and cooking outside! On Saturday, after a huge breakfast (do I have an awesome hubby or what?) we took Grandma Marcia to the Teton Flood Museum and showed her the kids' room we love, while Grandma, Grandpa and Lila visited Dustin's cousins. We all met up for luch afterwards at, of course, Big Juds, where we take most of our visitors for huge, delish burgers and ice cream.
Hudson and Kennedy with Grandma Marcia...she brought Hudson some new trucks and Kennedy a whole bag full of new lip gloss. They could not have been more thrilled!
It was so fun to have some company, especially Grandpa Cooley and Grandma Charlotte. They were just so sweet with the kids. I didn't know any of my great-grandparents, so I love that Kennedy and Hudson get to see so many of theirs, I hope they will always remember these awesome people. Thanks for the visit, guys! Please come again!
By the way, thanks for the pictures, Lila! I'm a space case and accidentally deleted mine...
How nice they could all come and stay. You know how much I love the name Charlotte, someone (without the last name of Webb :) needs to use it for me!
ReplyDeleteShelli I dibs you to use that name ha ha!! Those are cute pics of all of you, good luck with the wedding this weekend. Please post some pics of it I really wanna see how it went!
ReplyDeleteI love you Shelli!!! It is so fun to check on you her at blogspot! I got your site info from Jeff. So I really am not stocking you! ;o) You are so good at this stuff! Tell the kids Hi! teamblanchard1.blogspot.com Love Ya! Love Meg...
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun visit for you. I am very jealous of your sweet garden. Someday maybe Dustin could give us some pointers. By the way you are gorgeous and so are your kids.
ReplyDeleteSo fun to have great grandparents visit! I would love her too if she kept telling me how gorgeous I was and my house, and my offspring too! She can come visit me anytime!
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