We had a great visit with Uncle Billy and Miss Niki (soon to be Aunt Niki!) this weekend. They stayed overnight after Cole's birthday party to spend some time with us and the boys. Saturday night, we ate part of Cole's cake before they went to The Pit for dinner. Apparently, they had seen The Pit in a show on tv and couldn't wait to go try the bbq - I'm not a pork bbq person but they said it was the best ever.
This morning we stayed close to home - well other than Tim & Billy taking the boys on a grocery store run. Eli & Cole were crazy and running everywhere. We forced them outside to play and mid morning, we all hopped in the back of Uncle Billy's truck to go feed ducks at the lake. This was the boys first ride in the back of a pick up truck! You can't do it these days but I remember spending many a Sunday afternoon riding in the back of my Dad's pickup truck just seeing where we'd end up. Yes, I grew up in the country and we found ways to entertain ourselves! We had fun feeding the ducks / geese at the lake - and boy, were they happy to see us. I guess between the 4th of July holiday and the heat, not too many people have been out there feeding them lately. We took a lot of bread and threw it all to them, other than a few bites by Eli! Quick ride home and we had lunch on the porch together. Then we had to say goodbye so Billy & Niki could make the trip home - when the boys were yelling (literally yelling) bye, Eli yelled bye to "Aunt Niki". So sweet!! We had so much fun seeing them (and now they understand the craziness at our house!!) and are thankful they made the trip up.
Once they left, we put the boys down for naps. And they took the best naps they've taken in months!! Two hours each. Woo hoo! I think the weekend, all the excitement and a few late nights finally caught up with them. After naps, we decided to have water play. Cole got a water wiggler for his birthday and we thought it'd be fun to try it out. Cole wanted nothing to do with it (yet) but Eli loved it. He ran through the water, tried to give his monster truck a bath and even tried to aim the "arms" at us.
We got the boys to bed at a decent time and are now enjoying some quiet before a busy week ahead. It was an awesome weekend. Celebrating our little Cole-man with friends and family..........perfection!!!
Uncle Billy tickle monster getting Eli.
Cole & Uncle Billy (funny, I remember when Billy was this age!)
Eli & Uncle Billy (and when he was this age!!)
Just what everyone needs, a Cole-in-a-box.
Loaded up in Uncle Billy's truck, headed to the lake.
Being silly.
Riding in the back of the truck is fun!
Walking down to the lake.
Baby ducks. We don't usually see this many baby ducks.
The gang
Our audience , our hungry audience
Feeding ducks - and feeding Eli
I love Eli's face here.
Uncle Billy loves his nephews.
Searching for turtles with Daddy.
Great picture of Uncle Billy & Miss Niki.
Silly Cole-man
Family pick up time
Safe in Daddy's lap
Water wiggler time
Washing his monster truck
Trying to get me wet
Having fun
Running around - Eli had a lot of fun with the water wiggler.
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