We're so glad when grandparents come!!!

With great excitement, we anticipated the arrival of Grandpa and Grandma Lovell (my parents). Curly and Lou could not stop talking about when "grandma comes". It was a short visit but we had a lot of fun. My mom notices details and thinks my kids are cuter than I do :) so she is always ready with her camera - I wouldn't have most of these pictures if she hadn't been so quick to take them! So here they are without further adieu...

The little pom-pom people that Curly and I made (and didn't quite finish) - Curly put them on Grandpa and Grandma's bed to greet them when they arrived late Wednesday night. (See what I mean about details)

Playing Peek-a-boo in the big suitcase... There is a story behind this suitcase. It was empty but needed to be transported to our house. My Grandma Woodbury and Aunt Pika managed to pack one of our live houseplants (that we didn't have room to move) into the suitcase along with other various fillers (treats). My parents checked it on the airplane and the plant arrived looking the same as when it had left! If you ever need something packed carefully- call my Grandma and aunt!


And true to form - my mom also remembered to get a video of Curly riding her bike without training wheels.


After a morning of bike riding and playing in the backyard, we were all worn out. Curly and Lou snuggled up with Grandma for a nap.

My dad and Fisher went to work organizing the garage - they hung these shelves and some tool organizing hooks on another wall. ..

and ta da ... we now have an organized garage. Curly and Lou keep saying "Our garage is bigger!" Thanks mom and dad!!!

We took a hike to a different peak in "Thunderbird Park."

Lou and Curly were very excited to make it to the top!

We saw the sun beginning to set. Because of the recent rain, there was grass sprouting up everywhere - Green in arizona?!

Nothing like an In n' Out burger after a good calorie burnin' hike :). I can't believe my mom shot this picture at the perfect moment. Curly and I managed to dump a glass of ice water in my lap! It apparently attracted some attention (see all the nice people looking at us)

Saturday morning we headed to the park for Curly's soccer tots class. Grandpa was her "parent".

Their visit flew by much too quickly and we found ourselves saying sad goodbyes at the airport on Saturday afternoon. I think Lou was in mourning at church today - Her nursery leaders thought she was sick because she just lay on the floor and wasn't her usual bubbly self :( I think she just misses grandma. Thanks for coming mom and dad! We miss you already.