Ok, where to begin? I guess I'll start with two weeks ago when we had visitors!!!

My sister Kathy ("Aunt Doake") and her son Jordan came to visit for a week. Jordan had the week off from school, so Kath took some vacation time and they headed south. Luckily, the major snowstorms were also on vacation, so the drive down was uneventful.

While here, I took MAJOR advantage of them!! I always appreciate, and fully utilize, the extra help when people come to visit. For the most part, it was just ("just"?!?!?) helping wrangle and keep the boys under control. But I also roped them in to helping me paint Tyler's bedroom!!

Kathy helped tape....

and Jordan helped paint....

His 15 year old agility and 6' 3" stature were a major advantage - especially when it came to painting the ceiling. He helped save my 40 year old back from a lot of trauma!

Ok, wait, what is that color?? Let's see a close-up:

Wow!!! That is one bright yellow!!

Yikes. It actually looks pretty good, and it will look better once I tone it down with the wall border and decals, and all the furniture. I haven't yet been able to find the time to put Tyler's bed together. But at least the mattress has been purchased! That is something else that Kath helped with - the full-sized mattress fit very well in the back of her Durango! I hope to have the room all put together by the end of this week. I promise to post pictures when it happens!!

Kath enjoyed lots of bonding time with her new (and only!) neice.

as did cousin Jordan!!

The boys got in on the action too...

and we all enjoyed some good dinners - family style.

It was a great visit and we look forward to having them back any time!!!

At the end of that week, Mitch and I enjoyed a night out. We packed up the kids and brought them to Fammy and Grandad's, then headed to the Kennedy Center to meet our good friends Tiffany and Forrester to see Seinfeld!!

It was the second time we've seen him, and it was a great show - no surprise there. Tiffany was able to click a couple of photos during the encore.

Hopefully Tiffany won't mind that I appropriated her photos from her Facebook! The good news is, she never reads my blog.... :)!!!

To wrap up the post, here are some cute pictures and videos of the kids!

This is the kind of thing that happens before I come downstairs in the morning... Kitchen Island surfing...

More posts to come this week - as we celebrate Tyler's 3rd birthday!!!!