Gram and Papa came for a visit at the end of June and we had a BLAST! We played, swam, shopped and ate lots of yummy food. We always enjoy their visits and are sad to see them leave.
Papa and Gram arrived late Thursday evening and left Monday afternoon.
Friday I still had to go to work for a bit, but met up with everybody after lunch (they had also gone to the park that morning). The boys napped and then we went swimming. We discovered that Walker loves to swim as long as he has his own floaties and can basically do it on his own (Mr. Independent). William on the other hand doesn't want to be in the water without you holding him - just another example of how opposite their personalities are and their personalities shine through in so many different ways.
That night I made spaghetti and salad that tasted just like Olive Garden's salad (OMG! It was so good!). followed with playing outside and jumping in the jump house. It was a really nice relaxing day and night.
The next morning we woke up and everybody came over for breakfast and we started the day by going shopping for some Aggie Gear! WHOOP! That has pretty much become a tradition when Papa and Gram come to visit. We had a small lunch and then spent the afternoon in the blow up pool and that night we went to eat at my favorite Mexican food restaurant, Ninfa's. Their margaritas are the BEST!!!
Anytime we went anywhere, Walker had to make sure
he was holding Lynleigh's hand.
During their visit, William became so attached to his Papa Prato and the entire weekend wanted nothing to do with Mom or Dad, he only ever wanted Papa. Only wanted Papa to play, get him out of the car, or hold him. At the end of the night when they would need to leave to go back to their hotel rooms, William's heart would just break into a million pieces and would let us know it too.
Along with Gram and Papa's visit, we also got a lot of cousin time with Lynliegh and Logan and Aunt Kristen. We don't get to see them often. Lynleigh and Logan are two of the sweetest kids and Logan is always so sweet to Walker and William. And I always love to hear what Lynleigh has to say. She keeps me entertained. She went with me to the grocery store on Friday to get food for our spaghetti dinner and for breakfast. Lynleigh loves to assist in the kitchen and watches cooking shows all the time (which I think is the cutest). While we were shopping and going through the pasta aisle, she asked me what kind of sauce I was going to get for the spaghetti. I told her that I don't like to get sauce out of the can, that I like to make my own sauce. She then followed that with "now you're thinking like a Chef". and then continued telling me about people on a cooking show that she likes to watch. Cracked me up. I am thinking that girl is going to be a gourmet Chef one day.
On Sunday morning I made breakfast and then we all headed to Academy. Papa and Gram bought floaties for the boys and like I said, Walker has been loving to be able to "swim on his own". We followed that up with more eating and I took them to Kreuz BBQ - Kreuz is originally from Lockhart (I'm proud of my hometown BBQ) and they opened up a Kreuz in the BCS area about 2 years ago, so I was excited to have them try some of my "hometown" BBQ. I also am convinced that I gained about 10 pounds during their visit. When we got back it was nap time and then we went swimming again and Walker was so excited to try out his new floaties in the pool.
Ready to swim.
OBSESSED with his new floatie
That night we followed up with pizza for dinner and then it was time for the boys and I to say goodnight and goodbye to Gram and Papa since we would have to go to school and work the next day. It was sad saying goodbye and William was super upset too.
I wish I would have taken more pictures from the week, but I guess I was too busy enjoying myself as well.
Papa and Gram, we can not wait for you to visit again and we hope to see you both really soon.
We love you! Thank you for such a wonderful visit.
XOXO
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