Last week our great friends, Matt, Amy and Heidi were in town for a wedding. We always love when they come to visit and feel so blessed for the amount of time we get to be with them. At this point in life, they live in Boston while Matt finishes his residency. They will probably be there for a few more years, after which we are hoping they will be coming back home to AZ! (But not thinking about it or hoping too much - wink wink) Anyway, on Friday, the whole gang - the boys, Cody and myself, Uncle Travis, Matt, Amy, Heidi, and Amy's dad all met at the zoo. We have a another mutual friend, Melissa and her son Luke, who met us there as well! They weren't able to stay as long, but we were excited to have them join us. It was a blast to have everyone together. Both Melissa and Amy are expecting (I'm kicking myself now for not taking a picture of the two pregos together - oh well). Amy in February and Melissa in April. Can't wait to meet their newest additions! At any rate, here are quite a few of the pictures I took - I had a hard time choosing, there were so many cute ones. I realize that most are of Jacob and Heidi. Aidan was in his stroller 98% of the time, so I didn't get many cute ones of him this go round. I felt a little guilty about that when I got home and realized I hadn't had many shots of him. Next time, I promise.
Here are the ones that made the cut:
Smiley boy Jacob
Luke, Heidi and Jacob consulting the map to see where we would be off to next
Luke, just chillin' in my stroller
Heidi and her daddy
The cuteness that is Heidi
The littlest stud, Aidan
Proud parents to be, round two - Matt and Amy
Heidi with her Papa
Just wanted to show you that we did actually see animals
Cody, Jacob, Heidi and her Papa looking at the orangutans
Uncle Travis and Aidan relaxin' in the shade
Heidi sharing her peace offering, a leaf
Jacob and Heidi feeding the turtles
Lunch time hugs!!
Working off all the food they ate (or didn't eat)
How do you think this moment ended?
1. With a sweet kiss from Jacob to Heidi
or
2. With a not so sweet flattening out of Heidi
We'd all like to think it was number 1, I'm sorry to say it wasn't . . . .(it wasn't a major face plant - Jacob wasn't trying to be mean, he just got excited and gave her, what I would like to call a "love nudge")
Heidi took it like the strong woman that she is and was fine and running around again,
and yes, Jacob apologized.
Jacob and his buddy "Pig Pen"
Jacob sporting his pumpkin carving garb, a Jack O' Lantern shirt
Aidan showing off his Skeleton shirt - which glows in the dark . . .ooohhh!
The boys with their pumpkins
Jacob is excited thinking about what to carve
Aidan decides to take a bite . . .not such a great choice
Whoa! It's gotta a little, something!
"Please, no more photos, no more photos. Just leave me and my seed alone."
Aidan still hasn't learned and continues to try different parts of the pumpkin.
Maybe if I take a bite out of the big part it will be better!
Uncle Doug and Uncle Travis working on a crossword puzzle . . .are we 80?
Jacob scoops out the insides
Aidan finds something truly edible, Cheerios! Thanks Aunt Riss!
Jacob and Papa start carving!
Inspecting the finished product
Aidan inspects his pumpkin
The whole gang
