This Last Week

Last Sunday one of Abe's good childhood friends, Tyler, came into town from Utah. He had some classes to take for work for the week and we told him to come stay with us. (I'm so happy we have a house big enough for that kind of thing now). We hadn't seen Tyler for over two years so it was really good to visit. Abe was especially happy and wasn't ready for him to leave today. He got in late Sunday night and we stayed up past 12 catching up. This began an entire week of not going to bed before midnight. Monday and Tuesday night we stayed in and the guys got some "quality" video gaming in. On Wednesday we decided to go see Eagle Eye (good movie by the way) so my mom watched the kids for us. We ate quickly at Chilis and made it just in time before the movie started. Thursday night Tyler wanted to take us to dinner. So we packed up the kids and headed to one of Tyler's childhood favs, Nino's Pizzeria in Peoria. The pizza was really good; despite the fact that Tanner got extremely impatient as we waited forever for our food. Of course afterward I just had to have some icecream so we stopped by Sonic on the way home for some sweets. Friday night was guys night out. Abe and Tyler went to dinner and drove around as they caught up on some fun memories. Saturday afternoon Abe's parents took us all to lunch at Macayos (yum!) and then we went back to their house to play. Grandpa Bill bought Aidan a new addition to his train set. We had fun playing with that for a while as Tanner enjoyed a much needed nap. We picked up some subs on the way home for dinner and watched a movie after the kids were in bed. Tyler also entertained us with some funny stories from his mission. Waking up for church this morning was oh-so-fun. Tyler was able to stay through sacrament then had to get home to pack for his flight back to Utah. We will miss you Tyler! We had a fun week and hopefully the whole family can come next time.

Also in news - last week at conference our ward boundaries were announced to be changed and we were moved into a new ward. And just as I was getting to know people. I think the 3 weeks of serving on the activities committee is my new record for shortest calling. We are now in the Kingswood Park ward and actually go to a closer building than before. I saw a few people today that I have known from before I was married so that was fun.

Also, just so I can post some pictures with this post.....a couple of weeks ago we had a big family party for Abe's grandpa's 80th birthday. Abe's dad hired a photographer (http://photosbynatalie.blogspot.com/ - she did my wedding as well) so we could get some rare shots of the entire family. Here are the pictures that Natalie got of just our family(Abe's dad made everyone dress formal - not my choice). The family picture at the top is from this shoot as well (obviously).