Our Visit with Nana & Poppy

Nana flew down for a visit at the end of June for a five days and then we all piled in the van, sans Will and Sadie, and drove up to Pennsylvania to return her to Poppy's keep.

We had an awesome time.  Besides just chilling around our house and letting Nana watch the girls play, we also added a bit of fun:  we went to the pool one day and went on a church outing to a bee farm another day.  Nana babysat one evening while Will and I went furniture shopping and then to our favorite sushi restaurant.

Once we got to Pennsylvania, we had a lot of family to visit with, but this is always the case.

It was extra fun this time because we kept so busy.  We got to spend some time with my cousin, Lindsey, and her two kids, (Morgan and Kale) one day at Nana's house.  Lindsey and her husband live in West Virginia right now and are planning to move back to Western PA as soon as possible.  Lindsey is pregnant with their third child...another boy.  WOW!  Three kids!

We spent a lot of time with my Aunt Carole at her swimming pool and since my girls are both fish (each in their own way) they loved it.  Sophia loves to put on her goggles and swim around in water up to 5 ft.  She could do it all day.  I have to beg her to get out on most days.  Lilly, on the other hand, likes to hang out on the pool steps and will occasionally blow some bubbles.


We also went to see Madagascar III (adorable!) with Aunt Carole and out to eat at Sophia and Lilly's favorite restaurant, Red Robin.  All in all, we got to spend some really fun time with Aunt Carole. 

Since we were there on the 4th of July we simply had to see fireworks (this is an annual requirement in the Alexander household) AND it was so fun this year to throw a parade into the mix too.  Make that two...even Poppy made it to both parades with us! 

What fun the girls had running and chasing after candy. They each came home with quite a bag of loot after the morning parade where my Aunt Shirley, cousin Lindsey and her kids, and my other cousin's daughter (in yellow) joined us.

Then my parents and I found out about another parade at 5 pm and rationalized to ourselves that if one parade was fun then two must be double the entertainment.  And guess what?  It was.  There were some kids activities set up before the parade and free hotdogs/drinks/chips/popcorn/etc. 

Then, finally, Nana, Aunt Carole, Sophia, Lilly and I went for an evening swim and saw fireworks from the "big hill" at Aunt Carole's house.  It was a super, great day.   

Here's the girls dressed up in their holiday attire with Nana and Poppy.

Our visit was so fun and we'll get to see Nana and Poppy again in August at Daniel and Meg's baby shower.  Woo hoo.