Heidi

Stan, Mel & Heidi came into town on the 13th. We pulled out my mom's water slide so Emily, Jacob & Heidi could play. My mom also came over with Sara & Grace and cousin Em stopped by with her baby Benjamin. We splashed around and had a picnic for a few hours and enjoyed Stan & Mel's company.

Jacob -one of the few brave enough

Emily & Sara were the only ones besides Jacob that would repeatedly go down the slide.

Then later that night we had dinner with Stan & Mel and Mike & Niki. Then we all trouped off to Emily's soccer game.

After changing into pajamas that night Emily, Jacob & Heidi had fun running around with blanket capes.

Stan & Mel then left the next day for a trip to Lake Powell with Mel's family. They came back on the 19th for Stan to fly home to work. Mel stayed a couple extra days to keep playing with us. On the 20th we went to the zoo. I don't know how many times we've hit the zoo this summer, but this was actually the first time Jacob had ever seen the bird show and only the 2nd time in her life for Emily. Jacob was constantly climbing all over and was only interested in the birds if they were flying directly overhead. Heidi was pretty much the same way. Mel, Emily and I enjoyed it - as much as we could anyway. Other than a few shots at the show I apparently didn't pull out my camera. But I promise - Mel & Heidi were with us!

We spent that night at another one of Emily's soccer games. This time around though Heidi wanted to join in on the fun. Fortunately we had another ball for her to run around and play with.

Mike & Niki stopped by later that night just before we were going to put the kids down. So we ended up letting them stay up later than usual. They had fun jumping on the tramp, swinging, and going down the slide and weren't very happy when we finally dragged them inside for bed.

We spent the next day relaxing and playing. Then after naps and when Jeff got home we headed up to visit with Gma & Gpa Johnson. Gma invited us to play in her swimming pool so we spent some time splashing around. Emily practiced her swimming moves, Jacob l.o.v.e.d. jumping in and Heidi was content as long as Melanie held her or if she was out of the water.

After we had our fill in the water we went back to Gma & Gpa's house and had dinner. Then the kids played outside while we sat and chatted.

It was fun to have an excuse to visit Gma & Gpa - although sad that we needed one. And it was really fun to see so much of Melanie & Heidi. Hopefully we'll see them again before Dave & Arline come home, but with babies due, schedules, and cost of travelling, we're not going to see much of Jeff's family till fall of 2012. Thanks again for staying the extra days Mel! And hopefully we'll be able to see more of Stan next time.