Joe, Mom and Alyson

We've had a wonderful couple of weeks! It all started with my brother Joe and his family moving here! We met them for dinner the first night they arrived, headed to their new house, helped them unload their truck a bit, and spent some time catching up. Just a couple days later, mom arrived to help them get settled, and see us (of course). :) We stayed very busy!

Mom stayed at our house the first 5 nights. It was so fun having her. And her timing was great because she got in town while Josh was out of town. So we appreciated the company. We spent the first few days helping Joe and Karen unpack and settle in their place. We went on lots of walks, played lots of games, spent a lot of time talking and enjoying being together.

Halfway through the week, Alyson arrived. She stayed at our place. So at that point, my mom went and stayed with Joe and his family. While Alyson was here, we split our time between doing things with her and seeing my family. We had a couple girls dates (one to Cafe Rio for lunch and one to Swig after dinner), we went to the splash pad with all the kids, we ate out a few times, we went and visited josh at his store, we did some thrifting. We pretty much did it all.

It was such a fun week and a half with so much going on. It was a nice break from reality for us. Well, I should say, it was a nice break for me and the girls. Josh worked through it all. He works too much! We miss him all day, everyday.