Having these guests allowed us to use the second floor of our house, which before this had been hardly utilized. We had one bedroom nicely outfitted for Grandma & Grandpa and another huge bedroom with two air mattresses and a pack n' play for the Claytons. It was so great to have everyone under one roof.
We had a fun day at the house with one nice walk along the canal, while Jason caught up on some sleep.
On Saturday, we took the kids to Bounce-It-Out and the we headed off to meet the Goforths for a family photo session. The Johnsons had come in from Pittsburgh the night before. Parker was not fully cooperative but we did get some decent shots.
The entire group came over to our house that night for a big family dinner. These kids all have so much fun together!
On Sunday, Mom, Annie, and I got some girl/shopping/lunch time alone (always a treat) and then tag teamed with Greg, Jason, & Dad so they could watch football at a bar that evening. We had a cookie making session with the kids. We used the traditional Lang family Christmas Tree Cookie recipe, but made them blue instead. Then each kid got to pick a shape to use on a sheet of cookies. Then we decorated them!
On Monday, we went to the Strong Museum of Play. We have a membership and therefore had some free passes for the family to use. The museum is wonderful but it was very crowded, so a couple hour visit was plenty.
That night, we met Papa G out for dinner.
For New Year's Eve, we dusted off the raclette grill for dinner and celebrated the New Year at 8:30 by watching a video from You Tube of London's celebration. Despite Annie and my best efforts, it appeared the kids thought we had lost it when we started yelling and jumping up and down.
Here are a few more photos & videos of the cousins just playing together.
This video is a little long, but I couldn't bear to trim the beginning and just watching them together, around 1:00 minute is when it gets good
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