Family Visits

We have had a crazy few weeks here in Saint Louis. Meaning crazy good! We got to have Drew's brothers, Jeff and Mark and their families here for a few days. As well as his parents. It was definitely fun having all the kids together. It was so nice after the kids went to bed and all of us adults got to hang out too!

Lacey, Julia, and Abby. They enjoyed stealing food off of each others trays.

Uncle Jeff won Abby and Lacey over.

Lacey was loved entertaining us.

We went up the arch! It looked like we were stepping into a time machine or something. (Because I know what those look like and all)

Abby looking out at the top of the arch.

Everyone spent a lot of time at the magic house.

Julia was lovin Sawyer.

We spent a morning at the zoo. I can't even contain Abby in a stroller any more. Independent woman.

The kids were obsessed with this snake, because several of them are reading Harry Potter. Check out Mel's face..... yeah she hasn't read Harry Potter yet;)

I love this photo bomb with my nephew Cal. I also love Abby's face.

Over the weekend we all went to Nauvoo, where we met up with Drew's other brother Adam and his family. We all stayed in a cute historic house. Nauvoo is a place where early Mormon pioneers settled for a while, and now you can tour a lot of the old homes, and really get a sense of what it was like. More info about Nauvoo here.

Oh man I could not stop laughing!

Lacey kept saying, "Sawyer" and then checking to see if was him.

They have senior missionary couples running the whole place. They gave us a glimpse into how people lived.

Rope making

Thanks Grandma Maggie!

It's a small town, so the girls traded off driving with dad. I don't know about this girl behind the wheel though. She's crazy!

Wagon ride! Slightly chilly.

The Nauvoo temple.

The house we stayed at had a hot tub. (Yeah that was definitely an upgrade in the house... usually they didn't have hot tubs:)

It's a total mess, but this is where the kids bunked it up.

I just had to get pics of the girls in their swim suits. Melanie has to pose:)

We also went to Carthage Jail, where Joseph and Hyrum Smith were killed. More info here.

This little beauty took a nice long nap on the way home. I love this bed head

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A few days later my mom came for a visit!

I bribed Melanie each day, that if she took a good nap she could have popcorn on the couch with Grandma.

My mom and I spent a fun day shopping and eating!