Outside Adventures

We finalllllly had some decent weather while Grandma and Grandpa Maas were here!  We took advantage and played outside.  Yes, I know Annie is stepping with the incorrect foot; we WERE working on that!

 Big boys playing baseball...

 Ben convinced Grandpa to play "Trains" with us.  Love this new game of ours!!!  The best part is that Ben will hear something about one of the cities and remember which train routes he had to build to get there!  (He's learning geography AND math, right?!?)

 Grandma spent most of her time inside sitting on the floor doing puzzles with Annie and Emily...hour after hour after hour...

 Friday night, Gma and Gpa bought dinner, fed the kids and put them to bed and sent Andy and I out on a date!  FABULOUS!  I can't even tell you the last time we had 3 hours uninterrupted by phone, computer, tv, children, places to be, etc...was amazing!  AND the restaurant we went to gives free dessert to first time customers; then we went furniture shopping and FINALLY choose our new sofa sectional that will fit down our narrow stairwell - only 3 1/2 more weeks until it arrives!!!

 More boys playing ball...

 Ben has been dying to use the fishing poles he and Andy got for Christmas.  So, we took a little time and went fishing at the local park.  Ben was so excited.  I learned that I need to become more proficient at untangling fishing thread!

 We had great dinner plans, but Andy was called away - giving us detailed instructions for grilling our chicken breasts.  Mike and I worked together to get a yummy Sunday dinner on the table!

 Where did Andy go?  He was the chosen parent to take Annie to the Emergency Room.  Poor little one was going to fast on her bike, lost control and fell off.  Yep!  Two broken bones!!!  Cast pictures to follow...

We also spent an afternoon swimming at the hotel!  Mitchell had his first swim!!!  (This was pre-accident!)

Thanks, Maases, for the visit!  We hope you enjoyed Ohio, and we loved the sunshine you brought for a few hours!!!