Party Hardy

This last weekend we had the priviledge of hosting Madison and Ryan while their parents were in Texas at a graduation. We decided that we need to have visitors more often, as it forced us to take the time to do fun things. Friday, the kids and I went swimming and then later that night we went bowling. The high score was 123, the low score, 73. Wanna guess whose was whose? We were all whooped by the three year old, and she really didn't care (Ryan was so peeved by this). She had a little help with the ramp. We were all impressed that she could carry the balls by herself - she would let them roll and then run back to get another without even looking to see how many pins she hit. Oh, and I was the low score. I must be out of practice (or something...). We didn't bring the nice camera, but thanks be to cell phone cameras. Saturday morning we walked to the Country Bakery for some delicious donuts. Mmmmm...donuts...That evening we took bikes to Provo Canyon and rode the trail and then had hamburgers at Timpanogos Park (very nice, by the way), threw a frisbee and played bocce. It was a very fun evening. Funny story: We were driving Jeremy's bright red durango and went to trade it for their truck (also bright red). Ellie was asleep and we transferred her successfully. When we were unloading the bikes Ellie kept asking, "When did you turn the car into a truck?" We all went back to real life on Sunday afternoon. We really enjoyed having Madison and Ryan. They are great kids, and were a big help with the girls. Nick and I got quite a bit of yard work done knowing that the girls were safe inside. And we took advantage of our helpers and even went on a quick lunch date. Wonderful. Thanks for playing, Madison and Ryan! Come back soon!

Our Monday was spent working (of course, our visitors had gone home...) but we did enjoy some time that evening with Nick's family. Nick smoked some beef ribs (which didn't turn out as tender and delicious as we had hoped) and chicken (which was deee-licious). Here's Grandpa with the girls: