Weekend Getaway

My Dad and Mom were going to Rexburg to visit Jeff and Sadie and their new baby, Reagan, who was born a week before Lindsey. So my Dad needed someone to watch over the farm and turn on circles (the irrigation circles that water the field). Kyle said it was up to me and I thought why not. We needed to get Dee Ann back over to Melanie's house anyway so it worked out. Plus, we'd have my parent's house to ourselves and that would be nice. We left with a week old baby for the weekend! I thought we were part crazy, but the kids traveled fine in the car.

Preston kept asking for a ride in the tractor so Kyle took both kids on a ride.

On Saturday, Melanie and Milo and their kids came out in the afternoon to swim and we BBQ'd for dinner that night. They took Dee Ann back with them to Tri-Cities.

Melanie with Preston on the trampoline. I took a picture of this because Preston doesn't like the trampoline, but somehow Melanie got him on there. I told Melanie she was a baby whisperer because she could calm Lindsey down and put her to sleep fast. Well, now she is a Preston whisperer too! Last time I jumped on the trampoline with Preston he wanted me to hold him so this was a breakthrough. :)

Dee Ann with baby Lindsey. She usually sees our kids a few weeks or even months after they are born so she was excited to see Lindsey when she was only 4 days old.

Kyle's grandma, Arlene, with Lindsey. We went into Tri-Cities on Sunday so she could see her. We also stopped to visit Jeni and Kevin. Jeni made us dinner and we got to see their new lot for the house they are building. Exciting!

Marci ended up coming over to my parent's house on Sunday night for a few days. Jeni brought the kids out on Monday around lunch time after her kids' swim lessons and surprised us all. Sara came out in the afternoon too. So we were all home when my Mom, Dad and Jared got home late Monday afternoon. My Mom didn't know Jeni and her kids were there and so we surprised her when we all came running out of the house to greet her. She loved it. The kids went swimming, we had dinner and then we left. Kate stayed at my parent's to spend alone time at grandma's house (and boy did she have fun! She cried when we came back over there to get her because she didn't want to leave!). We had to get back home because Preston had his yearly eye check-up the next morning (at 8am!) at Children's Hospital and Lindsey had an appointment on Wednesday.