Good times in CS!

What a busy and fun weekend we had! friday is house cleaning day around these parts, but this week it was done with more purpose than just because it needs to be done. the benolkens and pilgreens were coming to town and, with baby wyatt in tow, the house needed to be baby ready!

kid table at wings n more

baby wyatt serving as a buffer between kids table and adult table....

Everyone arrived just in time for dinner. after a little visiting and oooo-ing and ahhhh-ing over baby wyatt we all loaded up and headed to wings n more for dinner. Table for 13, please...that's 7 adults, 5 kids, and a baby sling, please. Oddly enough, even with our large number we were seated almost instantly! after dinner we headed back home (to the garrett house where the benolkens would be staying) for some more visiting and hanging out until late into the night. we played outside, had scooter races, and held an intense game of four square!

 Scooter Races and Four Square

on saturday we took it easy and enjoyed breakfast and a relaxing evening. mid-morning katy, lindsey, and lee made their way back over to spend the day. the ladies took care of lunch...baked chicken in cream soups, pasta, sister shubert rolls, green beans, and fruit pizza for dessert! after clean-up it was naptime for the young ones and those young at heart to prepare for an epic afternoon of swimming. in the pool we played games, had races, showed off our diving board skills, and did tricks on the sub skate. tons of fun in the sun...as in about 5 straight hours worth. to fill all of the hungry bellies after all that swimming, the guys grilled burgers and served fruit and chips. then everyone went out for dessert! frozen yogurt for some, and ice cream for others. YUM!

aaron was the master kid launcher...jennings got some wicked air time

Ellie has some sweet diving board skills

tiffany getting ready to land a perfect sub skate maneuver

lee with a board in hand jump

katy pulling off a handstand on the board

baby wyatt kicking it on the fountain edge

Abby and her crazy diving board antics

playing categories

aaron and wyatt chilling with the turtle float

sunday morning everyone did their own thing and then party prep for emily's birthdaybegan. she had a swim party so it was another day full of fun! sadly it was also the day that the benolkens and pilgreens had to head back home.

the weekend was lots of fun and everyone enjoyed spending time together, visiting, and fighting over baby wyatt! he is definitely a cutie and very laid back and happy!

side note: lindsey was indeed here for the weekend and enjoying all the festivities as well...she just also happened to be the weekend photographer so she is absent from the photos...but she was most definitely a part of this wonderfully lovely weekend!