A Visit from Grandma Lou

Last week my Mom (Grandma Lou) came to visit from Ohio. It's always very exciting to get to spend time with her, but it was especially nice this time because we hadn't seen her in almost 9 months. She split her time between our home in Bakersfield and my brother Nolan's home in Fresno.
Her fist day was with us. The weather was beautiful so we spent the day shopping with the kids and having lunch at the Market place shopping center, the kids love the big fountains there.

Later she and the boys made everybody a special dessert. Chocolate covered ice cream pops. Yum!

They were an obvious hit!

The next day the kids and I drove her to Fresno to spend some time with Nolan, Melissa, and Jordan. We spent the afternoon at their house before heading back to Bako. The boys and Jordan love spending time together. It's fun to watch them play together and make up games. They get along great (most of the time) and we try to get them together as much as we can.

It was also nice to be able to hang out with my brother who had the day off. Kyle loves Uncle Nolan, and his motorcycle!

They drove her back a few days later just in time to celebrate Kyle 3rd birthday with us. Again we got to spend the afternoon together. It was a nice day.

Grandma Lou's visit was short, but it was wonderful, and relaxing, and I got to spend some good quality time with her. Sometimes our visits are so crammed with activities that we don't really get to spend time together. This time was different. She really got to spend lots of time with each of the kids this time too. Carter climbed into bed with her each morning she was here. She and Kyle read lots of stories and got lots of loves. And a highlight was her getting to see Cammie start walking and being able to help her practice.

Can't wait to do it again!

Here she is stealing a kiss from the Chubby Girl before we left for the airport.