Bekah and Family Come to Visit

On Thursday, April 25th, Bekah, Gary and family came for a visit. We are very excited that Gary got into law school and they will be moving over here this summer. Seven kids can get a big chaotic but it was actually pretty easy and everyone got along and had a great time.

That afternoon Bekah and Gary attended a meet and greet at the law school and I took care of the kids with the help of one of our babysitters. I'm glad I had help but again the kids were really great and we got outside and played so it was a fun time.

Getting aquainted while trashing the playroom.

These two became instant best buddies and were just too cute for words!
At dinner the first night Eli asked Pepper if they could play princesses after dinner. He offered to be the prince.
Love it!

Zechariah escaping the madness of little ones making messes. Smart man.

Ammon taking it easy.

Gabriel taking a break on the iPad.

Friday was a pretty busy day for my family with lots of errands and a doctor appointment. So, Bekah and family ran around for most of the day looking at houses. It was fun that night to sit and chat and reminisce with Bekah and Gary. I kept telling people or the kids that I went to school with their mom and then quickly realized that I had to change that to I went to school with their parents. It was so fun to catch up and I can't wait for them to live much, much closer!
On Saturday morning, they had a few more houses to look at so I took the older boys with me to Pepper's ballet class so the kids could play on the playground outside the rec center. The rest of the family showed up just at the end of class so everyone went outside to play for a bit.

Morgan was in heaven with all these big boys to play with.

Gabriel was such a sweet big brother and was very aware of helping Hazel. Actually, all of their boys were super sweet and great. Seriously lovely children!

This little lady, Emma, is only about a month or so apart from Hazel. It was so fun to have the little girls together and Emma is just the cutest little thing! 

There was definitely a little sibling rivalry between these two and I think many of us had both of them in our arms or on our laps various times over the three days.

After dance, we grabbed some donuts and headed over to the Nature Realm to play and hike.

Eli is like a a little ray of sunshine.

Future besties.

Pepper was having a great time and then I tried to take a picture and got this.

Guess she was too busy writing "notes" for a photo shoot.

Pepper got very excited about the turtles and kept trying to touch them.

Eli enjoying the bathroom hand dryer.

I LOVE THESE TWO!!!!

Gary managed to catch a garter snake for all the kids to see and touch.

So happy to know these wonderful people!