memorial day staycation with the motley's

We invited the Motley's to come spend Memorial Weekend with us at one of our favorite spots in the Valley - Sheraton Wild Horse Pass. It was a little more crowded than we remembered but we had a great time soaking in the sun and getting to know this little Georgia peach, who was teeny-tiny the last time we saw her. Chris and Lindsay were awesome to make the trip down - we had a blast!

Hudson's cousins were thoroughly enamored with him and loved to obey his commands to "flip" and go down to the bottom. He is quite the pro at swimming in his muscles and loved playing in the water and going down the "whee" or the water-slide. He and Georgia are such fun, happy little guys and we loved getting some one-on-one time with them.

We really did nothing more than swim, relax. eat and chat. Is there anything better than that, really? My idea of a perfect weekend.

ma and pa

Look at my cute parents who came to visit!! It had been such a long time since they had been to our house and we had a great time hosting them. It was a quick weekend trip but we packed it in.

We made time on Saturday evening for an adventure in Old Town Scottsdale and a little Mexican food al fresco.

Couldn't resist this picture of Carter who might be the best "playing-while-sick" soccer player we know. He could not be encouraged to sit and simply cheer on his team. And even a goal to show for it! You could tell by his face he didn't feel great but it was so cute to see him play.





Grandpa knows how to get those boys giggling! I love how they always just pick up where they left off with Grandma and Grandpa - like they see them every week. Oh how I wish we did!





Dylan in all his darling freckle face glory. Grandpa has all his baseball pictures in his camera - hopefully I'll steal a few here soon. G and G were impressed with this boy's focus while playing in his game. He even got himself an awesome scraped elbow diving for a ball. He was disappointed he didn't get to show them a dive catch, his favorite thing to do.

I don't know if my parents had ever gotten the chance to see my kids play in some games so it was the main reason for them coming out for a visit. Here are a couple of pics of Jake's game. Can you see the ball going out towards short-stop?

Jake looking focused out in center field. Definitely a disappointing game (seriously the toughest one his team had played all season) with no action for Jake in the field but G and G got to see him lead off, even if his 3 hits didn't get him on base (it's a bummer when the other team plays good D).


On Friday while the kids were at school we enjoyed my Dad's best lunch ever at P.F. Chang's and they picked us up some fun stuff at Lowe's for the house (thanks guys!)

And no weekend would be complete without some Sunday scripture stories with Grandma...

...and a homemade backyard pinata with Grandpa.





It was such a treat to have you, we all love you so much. See you this summer!