Last Saturday and Sunday

Whatta' week we had! It was such a fun trip and it was great to spend time with the Lindseths! The kids had so much fun with their cousins--Emily has told me that she wants to have them all come and play here "soon".

I'll give the break-down of last week throughout this week with lots' of pictures and whitty commentary (okay, well, maybe not-so-whitty commentary). Enjoy! (I know we sure did!)

We arrived in Buffalo on Saturday night and were welcomed by Cubby's sister, Sara, and our newest little niece, Kaylee. The minute, no, the second, we arrived at Sara's house, Emily and William (who just turned 4) took off and busied themselves playing. (Mind you, this is after a full day of travelling and the kids are TIRED. However, Emily knew she couldn't waste any of this precious playtime and got down to business asap!

The next morning, we went to church and little Kaylee got her name and blessing. After brief afternoon naps, we went to Kirk's (Sara's husband) family's house and had lunch/dinner and played outside with all of the kids. It was a beautiful afternoon and the highlight was watching Cubby go "bowling"--see pictures below. Emily, William and Ethan all loved it just as much as we did!

(The last picture is after Cubby had knocked Ethan and William over--the ball had bounced away--he picked up the "spare" (Emily) on the next try!

Emily and Ethan finding snails in the backyard.
Christian, enjoying himself in a little playhouse.

Emily and Reagan, getting a ride in the wheelbarrow.

One of the biggest and fattest cats EVER. (This picture does not do it justice.)

After dinner we drove to Syracuse where another one of Cubby's sisters, Gretchen, and her family live. The drive was probably the toughest part of the entire trip--Emily did great (thank you portable DVD players) but Christian, who was just exhausted, and not used to being in the car for more than 40 mins, did not enjoy the 2 1/2 hour drive. However, we all made it and the kids collapsed shortly thereafter!

I'll post more throughout the week--it's just too much to do in one sitting for me! And besides, I think all we'll be doing this week is recovering and getting back into the old swing of things!