Visitors from the Far Country

Dad and Mom are here, thus the silence on the blog for a while now.  Today, however, they headed up to Canada to visit Dad's sisters.  The boys and I were going to go with them, but Micah developed a cold so in the interest of trying to get him healthy I decided to keep the boys home this afternoon.  So, that also means I have a little time to post some pictures from the last couple days.

One of Brandon's favorite activities is emptying Grandpa's pockets of all his pennies and putting them in his "horse".  This year he had to share with Micah's bank, but he didn't seem to mind too much.

Thursday we had quite a bit of shopping to do since I hadn't been grocery shopping for several weeks, and in the interest of avoiding the "Canadian Invasion" at Costco in Bellingham, we headed down to Mt. Vernon for the day.  It was beautifully sunny so we packed a lunch and went to the park as well for a while.

Shhhhh...Nobody tell the doctor Brandon was climbing playground equipment with a cast on....

Another favorite of Brandon's is having Grandma tell him the "Candle Story".  He never tires of it.  I love his expression and how into the story he gets.

Aunt Gert and Aunt Margaret came for tea time one day.

They have spent some time catching up on some work and communication.

Micah continues to stuff his face, come up with classic facial expressions, and is starting to move/scoot faster.

Saturday Mom and I went to a couple garage sales and I found a nice big bag of duplo/lego for $2.  I was pretty excited and Brandon (and everyone else) has played with it lots already.

Brandon has been talking for months about playing games with Grandpa and Grandma when they visit.

Sunday we took a walk to go see the ducks.

Daddy got stuck going in circles and Brandon had to help correct him and get him out of the gazebo.  Micah thought it was pretty funny to be going round and round in circles.

We bumped in to some friends who shared their bread to feed the ducks.

For some reason Brandon decided we needed to run on the way home but he would then flop down in the grass.

He also found the perfect stick to be a fishing pole.

We have spent several hours out in the yard, weeding, planting and playing.  More pictures at a later date.

Have a fabulous afternoon.

I'm linking up with Sweet Shot Tuesday today.