March Visitors

March has been busy!!! Now that we are nearing the end of the month, I am realizing that we have changed the guest bedding 2-3 times each week so far!!  Thank goodness Marc has been so helpful with re-making it each time... I get out of breath just bending over these days!!

Kevin Thompson
Started off the month off for us - he was an usher in our wedding, and one of Marc's good college friends! The guys got some golf in and Kev even found some time to clean/get the built-in grill outside working - thank you!!  Unfortunately, I forgot to get my camera out during his stay, but it's always good to see him!


Sadie Christensen & her college friend
These girls came the day Kevin left - I used to babysit Sadie back when she was 4... and now she's almost 20!! Maree had fun playing with the girls & Sadie even got the chance to do a little role reversal by babysitting Maree!

Uncle Andrew, Bobby, & Greg
Our Missouri family/friends were next in line with their visit & while the majority of their stay was golf related, Maree was able to do a little flirting with them in the evenings!

Maree discovered this vibrating back massager - she thought it was amazing to sit on

Playing with Uncle Andrew!

The Weedin's

We have been looking forward to this visit for months now, & boy did we have fun with them!  They were in Arizona for almost, 2 weeks so we got to have a few different outings with them.  Maree loved getting to play/see Brady and Livv, (6 & 4) and Marc and I loved getting to spend time with Jeff & Ali!  Jeff was best man in our wedding, and they are such an awesome family that we love getting to spend time with them -- now I can't wait to repay them with a visit to their place in Montana!!

So cute - these two are the most polite kids ever btw.

So my child is a little aggressive!  Good thing Livv didn't seem to mind

Maree is already claiming Brady as her future husband ;)
(Or maybe it's my wishful thinking!!)

We went to Sapporo's of course - the kids loved it!

Livv 4 & Maree 17 months - Maree loved playing with her

Maree & her boys!!

Michael Phelps (aka Brady) & Maree

Sooo tired from swimming - she wouldn't fall asleep for anything.  Thank goodness for Ali who
managed to get her to fall asleep on a big girl bed!

On their final night here, Jeff & Marc took full advantage of having a sober driver & we
somehow managed to stay out until 1 a.m.... 

We are still awaiting our final visitors - My dad, Uncle Jerre, and brother Matt come at the end of March into the first week of April - we are looking forward to seeing them too!  I do have to say that all of the visitors have made this month FLY by!! I mean I'm entering 32 weeks in pregnancy, and I'll turn 30 April 1st... where did this month go!!??

First Trip to the Zoo!

Maree and her best friend Callie got to take their first trip to the zoo here recently.  I'm not positive they really understood the concept of looking into the cages to see the animals, but they still had fun running around.  

Pretty girl sitting in front of the monkey window

Made me nervous, but she loved to walk on the little ledges of windows!

Giant roaming bird that would follow the food trail the girls were leaving

The petting zoo portion was definitely a big hit!  Maree loves animals and enjoyed running to each goat.  In fact, she even got a little aggressive with her "petting" because I think she was trying to get a reaction out of them - I kept having to remind her to be gentle.  This was also our last stop of the day, because in-between dodging goat droppings, trying to keep her from putting her fingers in her mouth after petting a goat, and this pregnant mana trying to not get sick from the gross smell - we were both exhausted.

At the petting zoo 

Fine, if you don't want me to brush you, I will just follow you

All worn out - she fell asleep right away