Family time

We had an awesome four days while Nick and his girlfriend, Daniella, visited last week. Lots of eating and talking, some drinking and playing games, and a break from real life. I was shocked when Saturday evening arrived and I realized they'd be leaving the next day. Sunday it was hard to come back to reality! I think the boys, in particular, are going through withdrawal. Both Nick and Daniella spent lots of quality time with all four boys, which is a sure-fire way to their hearts. Apparently at one point they were all playing in Greyson and Reece's room and some of them got buried under blankets. Tonight, the remnants of that were still around (and will be until my grant is finished, probably!) and when Reece saw a lump under one of the blankets, he said "I'm going to tackle Daniella" and proceeded to jump on top of it. I could tell he knew deep down that she wasn't under there, but he lifted the blanket off the stuffed animal it was covering just on the off-chance that some miracle had occurred.

We had so much fun that I only have two pictures from the entire visit, and these were taken right before they left: