YAY! FAMILY VISITS

So last week my mom and dad came out to see us. It was so so great. It was so nice to just play and relax and play. I think my favorite part was watching the boys drink in all the love from them. I couldn't help but cry when they left thinking of how nice it would be for us and the boys especially to be closer so they could know them better....As I was feeling sorry for myself, Kade ran into his room and came back out several minutes later with a card that he'd made for me with hearts all over it. He wanted to make me feel better...then Luke was adorable and sweet and I realized how blessed I am. Being away from my family is hard, but the joy I feel everyday from my boys and husband makes it hard to feel sorry for my self for long. I'm sooooo glad you could come out mom and dad! We can't wait till next time!

Doesn't this picture look like mom is slamming Kade's head into the ground....ha ha...I'm not entirely sure what was going on, all's I know is that they were both laughing.

We all went to the zoo, and can I just say that I love our zoo--it's small and perfect for my kids. It was sad that the bird house was being remodeled or something, and we missed the time to feed the giraffes (I love feeding the giraffes) but we had such a great time. And grandpa bought us all ice cream...and Kade wanted this gigantic sucker...Grandparents are so cool--they never get that kind of stuff with us!

When we got home we had burgers out back---mom bought the boys these little foam dart shooter thingys that were so so cool, so dad got shot all through barbecuing, it was cute. And this is Jess' average photo face. He does it cause he knows I love it.

So the Easter Bunny brought the boys a slip-n-slid...so mom and I pulled it out the next day. Turns out it was pretty chili and the water was just so darn cold....and apparently we don't have a sloped backyard. There was a lot of fast running and ....thudding---not sliding--ha ha, the boys liked it though.

Like I said, this picture gives the allusion that they were sliding, but most of the time mom or I had to push the little one down the slide. Fun though!

So the next day we checked out Wildwood Park cause mom saw online that it has "sandy beaches" Now, I was skeptical because it seems like all the lake-side's have are red-muddy beaches. But turns out they sectioned off this little part and brought in sand. IT WAS AWESOME! We're totally going back. The boys had a riot and it was so nice and warm. I can't wait to go back!

Then we finally got to Putt Putt for Luke's b-day. It was much busier then the last time we went which is tricky with kids cause--I don't want to go fast....I like to just wait and watch and laugh. They had fun and Luke did his usual--hit the ball, then move it right next to the hole--then hit it again--so he totally won the rest of us! Also, we made a discovery...did you know that Superman Ice cream is just vanilla ice cream? (at least we think) it has mega food coloring which is quite impressive and small bubblegum flavored thingies, but the flavor--vanilla---who would have thought!

Here's a pic of Luke and Dad in the backyard. Luke wanted to spice things up with the soccer ball instead of the wiffle ball. woo woo.

I think part of what helped me not be sad when my parents left were the cinnamon rolls mom and Luke made. That was nice!
We had a great time mom and dad! WE LOVE YOU! THANKS FOR COMING TO SEE US!!!

oh, and I had some requests to see the AMAZING LIGHTNING MCQUEEN CAKE-and since I have a habit of doing things that are embarrassing, or rather, telling people about embarrasing things I've done so in case they found out another way--they'd know I was okay with it--you know--own it!--ha ha---here it is in all it's amazing glory!