Katies visit

Ok so I actually wrote this post a couple of weeks ago but didn't publish it. Oops. Oh well here it is now.


My dear sweet little sister and her darling little boy came to visit us last weekend. I haven't seen her since last Thanksgiving so I was very excited. We had lots of fun watching our little ones get to know each other. Wesley has gotten so big, he wasn't walking the last time I saw him. Wesley and Cailyn had so much fun together, I enjoyed watching them so much.


Day One

Katie arrived around 3:00pm I think, she would have been there earlier but there are apparently two places in Salem with my same address. So, after using all my prepaid cell phone minutes and running up a roaming bill on Moms cell, Katie and Wesley eventually got to my apartment. It wasn't a terribly eventful day, lots of meeting and greeting. Hugs and kisses and such. Cailyn was excited to have someone there to play with her. She took Wesley into her room to show him her toys, she was hoping he would look but not touch. She eventually warmed up to the idea of sharing.

Later that day we went to this great little park near our place. It's right next to a school and has a cool little water pad for the kids to cool of with. Then we came home, had dinner, put the kids to bed, and sat up chatting all night like I knew we would.

Day Two

Saturday we had Emmie over to visit while Heather and Ammon went to the Temple. We took them all to the park and had a blast. Then Heather and Ammon stayed for dinner, Jordan cooked fried chicken. He makes the best fried chicken.

Our day at the park.

Day Three

Sunday morning we got up late and decided to try to make it to the last two church meetings. We got dressed, got the kids dressed and went to church very late. When we pulled into the church parking lot it was empty. What? apparently we had stake conference that day and I totally forgot about it. We spent the rest of the day hanging out at home.

This is sure sign your having dinner way too late.

Day Four (last day, so sad)

Monday morning, we planned on going to the enchanted forest. We got the kids ready and headed out. Deja vu, again we face an empty parking lot. They were closed, sad day. I was so disappointed. Luckily the kids are to little to realize what they missed out on.

So instead we decided to visit the state capital building. We got there and realized we had no change for the parking meeter. The place where we parked had about 15 minutes left so we walked around and took pictures for awhile then I ran back to the car and moved it to the next space over that was occupied before, it still had about 12 minutes left, yippy. Katie got to buy something for Wesley at the gift shop like she wanted to.

The weird golden guy at the top of the Capitol building

Katie and Cailyn at the State Capital

Cailyn and Wesley sitting on what looks like a replica of the Liberty Bell, I'm not sure though.

After the state capital we took the kids to play at the park. Wesley had a great time in the water, Cailyn did too, although she didn't actually go in the water. She seems to think that running around it while it sprays is the same as actually getting wet.