Yay for family!!

     Visits from my family make me so happy and excited.  My dad was able to come out to the East coast to visit.  First he went to New York to visit Bryan, Wendy and Jack.  Then he traveled to Maryland to visit Matthew, Courtney and their kids there.  And on Sunday, he drove the Delaware to visit us.  It was so nice to see him again :) I haven't realized how much I have missed those old man jokes of his :)

 He took us to Dairy Queen to get a little desert.  The kids were thrilled!

 Jane, of course, was so happy to have grandpa around and cuddled with him a lot. It was really darling :)

 My dad had the sweet idea to have a combined birthday party for all the grand kids since he wasn't able to participate in their birthdays :) So, Ryan and I drove to Maryland on Saturday to join everyone for the day...and the party which Jane and Beckham were so excited for!! There was a cake and everything:)

 Though taking turns to blow out candles was a little sketchy, all the kids felt so special and loved the birthday cake!!

 My dad got each grandchild a few presents.  Jane and Charlotte loved their new dresses for the new Brave movie from Disney.  Merida (the new princess from the movie) had been Jane's favorite princess ever since:)

 We have been trying to explore Delaware more and more and managed to find an actual HIKE!!  It felt so much like home to be hiking, surrounded by trees and woods and a lake.  It was a nice day!

 My little Beckham is getting so big!!  I just wanted to add this picture cause he is getting so brave and and grown up.  AND I have a big announcements about Beckham...he is potty training and doing GREAT!!  Yay for my big boy Beckham!!

Thank you dad, for visiting us.  It made my day :) And if anyone else wants to visit us... any way, any place any time is good for us:)