Visitors from down south

We had a great time with Josh, Rachel, Whitney and Connor this past weekend. We're so glad they visited for Spring Break - sacrificing the 80's of Las Vegas for the 40's and 50's of Cleveland. My only regret was that we have to sleep. I would have loved to stay up chatting and playing all night long.

These pictures are totally out of order, but I wasn't interested in taking the time to correct them. So, for what it's worth...here's a little recap.

** I seem to have lost B's picture**



Coloring eggs - -Brynnley decided it was simply easier to dip her entire hand in, rather than use the spoon or egg dipper. That's my Brynnley - so efficient and determined to do it her own way.



Cambrie's 'rolls' are rarely exposed due to Cleveland weather. But watch out -- with a warming trend coming, she'll be showing some skin -- and she's got a lot of (DARLING) skin to show.
Flying kites was so fun - - although very cold. We only had a few mishaps - such as indicated in the above picture. Greg spent several minutes getting Brynnley's kite out of the tree, only to have it fly back again. At one point, we realized that all kids, except for Addysen, had gone back in the house. It was kind of funny to see 5 adults flying and reeling in kites in the backyard...without a young child in sight.
Kenzie quickly figured out that many of the eggs Grandpa had hidden were empty. She ran around shaking them first, if there was no noise, she threw them back on the lawn. We aren't raising any dummies around here.
Too bad we only have Connor's arm in this picture!
We visited Amish country on another beautiful (albeit, crisp) day. Although I say "we" toured Heini's Cheese Chalet, the reality is that I sat in the car and fed Cambrie while the others took the tour. I did, however, make it inside to sample 50+ kinds of cheese they have available for purchase. Some cheese was delicious -- other cheese, not so much. (We all agreed that the chocolate cheese - a.k.a. 'chocolate cream cheese fudge' was awesome.)

We visited the "Healing Power of Jesus Christ" sculptural display in Kirtland. It was impressive. Before any of you locals get worried that I broke the rules...the sister missionary gave us permission to take pictures when it was only our group viewing the sculptures.

After Kirtland, we went to Squire's Castle. Again, I fed Cambrie in the car while the others toured the castle. I can't wait to get a cd with Rachel's pictures...I took my camera everywhere we went - but didn't take many pictures. Apparently, Cambrie was hungry, or needed changing much of the time!
We took advantage of the warmest day (and Greg's only day off) and went fishing at Village Green, part of the Metroparks. It was a beautiful spring day -- making me all the more ready for permanent nice weather!
Even Cambrie saw the light of day -- a rare thing for her.
Just ignore the fact that I didn't wash Kenzie's face after eating cheetos.
Our only casualty was a lost fishing pole and reel. Greg dropped it while trying to untangle Cannon's reel.