Memorial Day Visitors!

We somehow ended up with Craig's brother and family and my sister and her family all visiting us Memorial Day weekend!  Jason & Jeni arrived on Saturday, and we got to wrestle with finding a restaurant that could seat 15 people and feed people with celiac something other than salad.  (We actually HAD figured out a great restaurant, but for some reason Craig's parents refused to believe it would have gluten-free food.  But once Jeni looked at the menu she was excited for it and I think everyone was very happy with their meal there.)  Burtons Grill for the win!

Kamryn, Lindsy, Kendra, Maya.  What a cute bunch!

And even though they came back for a bit after church on Sunday, too, and we had a nice time eating pulled pork sandwiches out on our deck, we somehow managed to not take any pictures of that day.  Craig and I are the worst.

Right before all the Smiths headed out, the Aveytuas arrived!  I was extremely excited to hold my new niece and begin whispering to her that I am her favorite aunt!

You can tell she's really paying attention.  "Favorite Aunt Alanna, is that you?"

We also quickly noticed that Bentley is now taller than his uncle:

Ian was a very good sport about this!

And then we mostly just hung out and took turns holding London!  It was great!!!

Such a sweet baby!!!

Clayton was very excited to "help" everyone with their practicing.  The kids didn't mind, since then I couldn't tell if it was them hitting the wrong notes or Clayton!

We spent Monday afternoon at the pool and grilled hamburgers and hotdogs in true Memorial Day fashion.  Clayton only managed to jump in once, and Ian dove in and got him immediately.  Otherwise it was very uneventful, in the best possible way.

Colton bought himself a 3-D pen and made these glasses with it, along with little shields for each cousin with their initials on them.

While the kids were at school, we took the boys to a splash pad and absolutely cooked in the sun while they had a great time.  Why is there no shade at these places???  We cooled off with popsicles (and AC!).  (I like how Clayton has quite the goatee from that Oreo popsicle!)

Bentley was nice about playing Candyland with Nolan before school

I continue to be impressed with Rachael's commitment to putting matching bows on London!

In addition to all this, we also ate a lot of ice cream, and Craig, Ian, and Kendra went and saw the new Top Gun movie!  So we had a lot of fun!

The Aveytuas headed out Wednesday morning, stopping at the DC temple open house on their way home.  So glad the temple could entice them our way! 😂 (And, they had the great fortune of London pooping through all her clothes in the parking lot, not INSIDE the temple.  Well done, little girl!)

Times when I don't miss having a baby! 😬