Visitors!

On Sunday afternoon, Grandpa and Grandma Jeppson came to visit!  We played games, drove remote control cars, swam/sat by the pool, and after a yummy dinner (thanks Mike) had s'mores in the backyard.

 Monday we drove to Papago Park and hiked up to Hole in the Rock.  It is actually a very easy short hike, but fun for seeing Arizona landscape.

 I am 2 days shy of 37 weeks in this picture.

 I was paranoid about Benton running off and falling because he has a bad track record of staying on the path when we hike, so there was definitely some hovering/clinging going on!  Ethan had a toy car that was lost down the side of the mountain.  Dad and Mike made a valiant effort trying to get it, but gratefully, gave up before incurring any injuries for a cheap little toy.

 Then we went over to Tempe and the boys rode their bikes along Tempe Towne Lake.

After that we had lunch at one of my favorite Arizona restaurants: Oregano's.

We headed back home to attempt to get Benton to nap and Dad took Mike to Costco to get patio furniture for our backyard! We use our yard a lot year round, so we're very excited to have room for all of us (and guests) to eat!  They got it all set up and here we are listening to Ethan read us some bedtime stories at our new table and chairs.

 Ethan loves board games and Dad and Dianne played many with him while they were here.  He even got them to play one more game of Star Wars Trouble with him before they left Tuesday morning; he was SO excited.

Thanks Dad and Dianne; we loved getting to spend our weekend with you!