Brock and Jessie's Visit

We had a BLAST with Uncle Brock and Aunt Jessie last weekend. I'm so glad they came to visit. Layla is in love with Uncle Brock (because they are the same person) and Jack really loved to snuggle up to Aunt Jessie. 

Brock and Jessie (and Winery too!) got here Thursday afternoon. They were pretty tired after getting up at 2AM to drive here but L wasn't ready to give them a break. Uncle Brock was nice enough to read her a bedtime story and then it was time for sleep. 

Friday was spent playing at the "castle park" and running some errands. Our facet broke Thursday so who better qualified to replace it then the Culligan Man himself? Brock has his trusty helper to hand him tools:

On Saturday we went to the airport for a pancake breakfast and to see some airplanes. It was rainy and we went towards the end of the even so we didn't get to see too much. L liked to look into a few planes and both kids loved to sit in kid size planes!

The kids loved playing with Winery when we were hanging out at home. She was SO good with them...J was totally in awe of her. She's a monster compared to our tiny dogs. 

Sunday was a fun day too! We did lunch at Cafe Zinc and took a quick trip out to the Nature Center to confirm that L is still afraid of livestock. We got home and I put Jack down and walk out to this:

Back story- they had face painting at the airport pancake event but shut it down before L could get her's done. She was sad about it so Uncle Brock and Aunt Jessie decided to buy her some face paint to do at home. The following photos are a result of this brilliant idea:

After Brock and Jessie got their face's painted, L look at Bryan and said "your turn!". Mommy and Daddy both said "no way" and you would have thought her heart broke into a million pieces. She didn't throw a fit...just got so disappointed. So guess what...

This happened: 

And...this happened:

We had Jack take a family pictures (just kidding...thank God for tripods and timers!)

We had the best time this weekend. I hate seeing family go...waking up to an empty house knowing your nearest family member is 5 1/2 hours away just plain sucks. Having Brock and Jessie here made me really home sick. The kind of home sick where you just miss existing in the same state as your family. I really miss making silly runs to Wally World together for random things or being able to go to dinner all together. I thought I was kind of over it but I think I will always miss it. But at least we have fun places to visit (Chicago, NYC...Decatur LOL) and get great quality time when we DO get a chance to see our families. 

Thanks for coming Uncle Brock, Aunt Jessie and Win! Maybe next time we'll come to YOU?!