More Visits from the Family

We were able to have all of our family come visit us over the Labor Day Weekend. (Really it was for Kat's blessing, not just Labor Day.) We loved having everyone here and getting to share our life in Tooele with them. It was the first time most of them had been to see us since we moved.

Grandma and Grandpa Ladwig were the first to arrive. Grandma was about jumping out of her skin to meet her new little granddaughter. This was the first picture we took of Grandma Ladwig and Kat. Don't they already look completely in love? So sweet!

Next to arrive were Aunt Annie and Uncle Jason with their girls. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of them meeting Kat. I think that Aunt Annie was just about as anxious to meet Kat as Grandma Ladwig was. It was so, so, so nice to have my sister in my home and to just get to sit and relax with her. She is one of the things I miss the very most from Pocatello. I made dinner and we sat and talked. Ella and Jaycee played and did some other fun things...to come in a future post, Kat let everyone snuggle her, and Eve dazzled everyone in a way that only Eve can do.

The next next night Uncle Eric and Aunt Audra with their kiddos (minus Carson) showed up. Grandpa Ladwig took us out to dinner and then we came back to our house to....work on our fence. Yep, that's right. We invited family to visit us and then put them to work. We spent the rest of the night, at least the part where we had light, trying to dig holes into the unforgivable Tooele soil.

It was a family affair with everyone wanting to get involved. It was a good thing that Grandma Ladwig brought gloves for everyone, Levi and Adasyn included. (They are even color coded for gender.)

Levi and Adasyn really stole the show that night, but in the background you can see the Ladwig men hard at work digging holes...and talking as well.

Grandma Ladwig was hard at work as well, and in true Grandma fashion she attracted all of the children to her aid....including neighbor kids.

My parents got into town later that night and had to come see how much Kat had changed in the two weeks since they had seen her. Grandpa Kunz was still completely in love and Grandma came with presents for both Kat and her sister....in true Grandma Kitty fashion she spoiled them rotten.

After it got dark we went inside and talked a little more and....pulled out Just Dance 2. I had been told that this was "the game" for me, but had not seen it until now. The kids took turns playing for a long time and then the adults took a turn too. And, everyone was right. I love this game!!!! In fact, I love it so much that Grandma Ladwig let us borrow it until they come back and boy have we ever enjoyed it. Not just me, but my kids love it even more than I do.

On Sunday our house was full of the rest of our family and it was flowing over with love and laughter. More on that in a different post.

On Labor Day the family fun continued with Landon's Aunt Moana and family and his Uncle Reid coming out to help us more with the fence. They worked hard all morning long and got most of the post holes dug for the fence and even a few of the posts cemented in. While the majority of the family was digging holes I was inside with Landon's cousin Roseanne getting newborn pictures of Kat. (Also, revealed in a different post.) After all the hard work we had a BBQ and laughed and enjoyed each other's company some more.

That weekend changed things for our home. Not just getting work done for a fence, but leaving love and family memories here, helping our home to feel more like HOME. We are so grateful to have such loving families and can't wait for them to all come visit again.