Family, Family The Center of God's Plan

It's feast or famine around here as far as family goes. This week was a feast!
We kicked off the week with Easter dinner at Aunt Shelly's house.
Then Uncle Brad and Aunt Aston came to visit and spent Tuesday night and Wednesday morning with us. The kids loved it! Caden is still talking about playing ball with Uncle Brad. It was nice to get to visit with my new sister-in-law for a bit. They need to come back and stay for a lot longer though. We didn't get in nearly enough visiting with all the competition for attention.
Friday Grandpa, Uncle Darron, and Uncle James all had meetings in Boise so we got the spend the day with all the cousins.
We spent most of the day at the zoo checking out the new Africa exhibit. It is turning out really cool.
We headed back to our house to grill hamburgers for dinner. We pretty much never get to have that many Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins at our house at the same time - it was great fun! Uncle Darron taught Caden to play baseball. Caden has been practicing throwing the ball in the mitt today. It is very cute. He sure likes to play ball with his Uncles.
After dinner, we all went to the hotel they were staying at to go swimming.
This morning, Grandma and Grandpa came back to pick up Murfy dog and Grandpa took us to buy popsicles. Grandpa told Grace that she needed to work hard at eating all the popsicles so he could buy her more next time he comes. She has taken her work very seriously. That is one job that she is happy go the extra mile.
Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Shannon stopped by this afternoon for a visit. Shannon made friends with Caden by reading him all the millions of books he kept bringing her. This is very good as I am putting Jeremy and Shannon at the top of the list for who to call when this baby is ready to come.
It is so nice to have lots of family. I wish we could all get together more often. You are all welcome to come back for visits anytime. Those family members who missed all the partying - you are welcome to come for your share anytime too. We always love to have family visit.