2014 started with a bang with a much anticipated visit from my Sister-in-law Ana and her kids David, Jonathon and Lauren, who drove all the way from Washington to see us! They couldn't stay for too long, after all the kids had to go back to school, but we took advantage of every minute we had! We stole the kids for a sleepover, visited ice castles in Midway, had a New Years Eve party and then wore ourselves out sledding until we were so famished we went to the buffet to stuff our faces. It was such a fantastic couple of days that I was nearly able to forget about all my stress and worries and just have fun. At least until I started developing this nasty cold! Here are the pictures of the highlights of their stay:
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| Jonathon at our sleepover |
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| Lauren and her new friend |
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| David at our sleepover |
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| One of the Midway ice castles! |
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| Spooky ice |
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| Jonathon |
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| Grandma Marcie with Ana's kids |
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| Lauren |
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| Ana and her kids |
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| Lauren with her Aunt Dani |
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| Lauren exploring the ice castles |
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| Ana taking pictures |
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| Jonathon and Lauren |
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| Dani holding Lauren up to see the water fountain |
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| David was being difficult to get pictures of |
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| Ana and I |
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Lauren really like the ice castles even though this is
the best smile I could get out of her |
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| Jonathon was being such a goof ball |
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| Now he's pretending to be gangsta |
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| Cool blue icicles |
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Believe it or not, Lauren asked for this picture to be taken
and made her face look like she was miserable. Little
stinker! |
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| Dani and I |
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The kids decided to have a snow ball fight, too bad I didn't
catch most of it. |
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The best picture I got of the snowball fight, Lauren
making her snowballs |
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| Blue ice |
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| green ice |
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| More blue ice |
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Group shot:Lauren, Jonathon, Ana, David,
Dani, Marcie, Wayne and me |
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| Mimi at the New Years party |
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| Lauren and I at the New Years party |
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| Pulling faces |
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| Just like her cousin Robert |
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| Nerd Alert! My cute little nephew Ryan |
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| Can't resist this bugger |
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| Jonathon and David |
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| Russell |
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| She's a poser just like me! |
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| Cheesy grins from Jonathon |
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| Stealing a New Year's kiss from this guy! |
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| David |
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| Lauren spinning something around in the hammock chair |
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| Ah - ha! It's Russell! |
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| Ryan and Robert making the bunk beds into a jungle gym |
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| Miss Lolli |
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New Years Day sledding, this was the
long train, Jonathon and David tried to
chicken out but we got them in the end |
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I'm the only one that got the act scared memo
obviously |
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| Don't mess with my nieces, they're tough! |
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| Sugar challenge, I won! |
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| Bob was easy competition |
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Robert thought this and some cotton candy
would be enough to win... |
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| Sorry Russell, weak sauce! |
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Their parents didn't teach them how to handle
their sugar rushes |
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| Nice try Lolli |
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Even his second round couldn't catch up to
my first round pickings |
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| Robert and his cotton candy |
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| It's a hit with the kids |
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| Even David was enjoying it |
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And when it's gone, what do you get? A
unicorn horn of course! |
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| Even us "adults" got in on the action |
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| Whether we wanted to or not |
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| Lolli unicorn |
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| Evil unicorn |
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| She decided to kill me with her horn |
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The boys didn't want to be unicorns,
so they became vampires |
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We teach the kids really great habits, like
playing with your food is fun... |
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| She thought she could hide from the camera |
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| Then she gave up |
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| And Mimi joined in |
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| Funny face pictures |
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| Duck face pictures |
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| Jonathon and David |
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Group pic from back row to front: Me, Bob, Dani, Ryan, Lisa, Marcie, Wayne, Russell, Mimi, Robert, Jonathon, David, Ana
Ryan and Lauren (front and center) |
It was fun! Don't stay away too long, we miss you already!
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