Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Wonderful Holiday Weekend

This weekend was absolutely wonderful! My mom came Friday night and was able to stay through Monday. We had so much fun with her. The boys absolutely adore her and it is so great to see the way Eli's eyes light up around her, I love it!
Waiting for Grandma on Friday night
Saturday consisted of taking Eli to see Toy Story 3, swimming, and lots of playing with Grandma! Both of the boys had fun with Grandma but Eli didn't really want to share Grandma too much.
Reading with Grandma
Eli had to show Grandma how much he loves swimming
he also learned a new way to go down the slide
Grandma sure knows how to make Jude laugh
On Sunday Mike and I were able to go to church and the boys stayed with grandma. It is very rare that Mike and I are out without the boys. We had wanted to go to the parade in a neighboring town but it was calling for rain right around the time the parade was supposed to start. We kept waiting and watching the weather and ended up not going to the parade and of course it didn't rain, grrr. After the boys woke up from there nap we went and checked out a 4th of July festival at a very nice park. There was a Carnival and lots of food booths so we walked around and then let Eli play on the park for a little bit. He had a blast!
Walking through the park
Jude going down the slide (he wasn't very expressive while we were out that day)
Eli going down the slide
He loved it
Peaking through the tunnel
Going down the slide with Daddy!!
Riding the bouncy horse
Jude on the bouncy horse
Jude and Grandma at the park
After we got home from the festival we had plenty of more playing to do. Eli was so adorable with Mike. The both had hats on and Eli had to wear his hat just like his daddy. The both had it on forwards and then Eli would make them both turn them backwards and then forwards again and then backwards again for quite some time. He loves his daddy so much and he really looks up to him, it is adorable to watch.
Just like Daddy
Jude wanted to be like Daddy too, wearing daddy's hat