Our Fun Visitors

my parents, reid and coleman all came to stay with us for a week after christmas.  after our quiet little christmas, it was so much fun to have a house full of people.  i miss that!  mae had a blast.  and got even more presents from my parents.  one of which is this super cute sleeping bag!  it's so comfy...uncle reid actually used it a few nights!

 

one of mae's favorite things to do with gramps is build towers.  and a lot of towers were built while he was here!

 and a lot of towers were knocked over as well.  i think that is what mae likes to do the best.

 we did lots of fun stuff while everyone was here, i didn't do the best job of taking pictures and documenting everything!  some of our favorites were gourdoughs (the most delicious "donuts" ever!), buc-ees and the outlets in san marcos, the capital, and of course tons of football.  i'm pretty sure that while all the bowl games were on, that was the most our tv has ever been on since we've owned it!

 

mae had so much fun with everyone, and loved to know where everyone was, and what they were doing at all times.  especially her gram and gramps.  i love how much she loves being with them!  it is always fun to watch my brothers be uncles, they are so good to her.  she was seriously spoiled with attention while everyone was here.

 

lucky for us, uncle reid got to stay an extra week!  he leaves for his mission at the end of the month, and i am so glad that we were able to have this time with him.  what a fun guy he is.  

we had one or two days of some nice weather while he was here, so we spent them outside!  i'm not sure who had more fun at the park, reid or mae.

 we ate lots of delicious things.  reid is a good cook, it was nice to have him help me.  as you can see, we made a sonic drink stop.  reid is a soda guy.  i like a soda on the weekends, but he got me into a bad habit!  by the end of the week, when we went to a drive through even mae was saying "diet coke mama?"  wow, bad parenting moment. (don't worry i only got her cups of water, she's catching on though)

 we braved the cold and made a trip to south congress.  reid is a great shopper, so i was able to go into some stores that i hadn't gone into before.  seriously, the past few days have been the coldest since we've been in austin. 

 and of course we had to make one more stop at buc-ees.  oh buc-ees.  i love this place.  as you can see, i have my refillable cup.  reid's only complaint was that the biggest size soda they have was only a 44oz....

 kind of a silly trip to go to bastrop just for buc-ees.  but, when you have visitors with you, you do fun things like that!

buc-ees is one of mae's favorite places.  if it was closer i'm sure we would make more frequent trips.  she loves it.  and while gram and gramps were here, they got mae her first buc-ees shirt.

 i had to zoom in on mae's face in selfie attempt number one, too hilarious.

i'm going to miss this kid.  still hard to believe that my baby brother is almost 20!  i remember changing his diapers.  he will be an amazing missionary, and a huge asset to the phoenix mission.  we love you reid!