visitors

randy's parents came a couple days after christmas and stayed through the new year. it was so fun to have them here and their visit went by much too quickly.

mostly, we spent a lot of the time hanging out around the house. the kids talked their grandparents' ears off, and when they weren't doing that, bob and jeanie were reading to them or playing games with them. my kids were in heaven. 

 

we did manage to get out of the house a few times, one of which was to go to the zoo. for christmas, my in-laws got us annual zoo passes. i am really excited about this. they got a pass for me, as well as a flexible guest pass. so, randy can join us, but if he can't come, i can also take a friend, or grandma.

i think we'll use the zoo pass the most during the summer, but i want to make sure and get there in the winter too. the beauty of having a pass is that we can go and stay for a couple hours and leave without feeling guilty about wasting money.

we went on monday and it was pretty cold (although not as miserable as diane's face would suggest), but we saw some animals and then ducked into the indoor play area that they have and warmed up before eating lunch and then seeing a few more animals on our way out. while we were at the zoo, randy and his dad headed to pike place and got some seafood for new year's eve.

 

randy's cousin, jessica, and her family just moved to the area and were able to join us on new year's eve. it livened up what would have been a pretty pathetic excuse for a party otherwise and it was really fun to see them. the kids had a great time running around together, allowing us to catch up. we'll have to get together with them more often.

 

and of course, we ate lots and lots of delicious food with them.

we love having visitors. come often and come soon!