Summer Visitors, Part 2

We took Troy and Sarah and Axel swimming about four or five times at different places--because what else can you do when it's 109 outside? We went to the outdoor water park at the Athletic Center and had a great time. Troy and Sarah had their GoPro so we got some good pictures with that. 

And I love how amazing Sarah's camera is taking pictures of us. Not that this is the best picture ever, but the quality is good!

And everyone's favorite day we had was going to swim at Little Elm Beach. It is only about 25 minutes away from us, and it's a cute little lake beach that has perfect sand and perfect water for little people. Our kids were sooooo happy there and could have been there all day (except Lucy, who kept trying to wander back to the parking lot.) But man! It was such a nice day and such a fun thing to do with all of us.

Lucy moping about something.

Happy with a muffin to eat.

This picture is maybe my favorite of the year.

Lucy is the Queen of everyting and she knows it.

Such a great summer's day.

Summer Visitors Part 1

We were so happy to have Tommy's brother Troy and his wife Sarah and their baby Axel come to visit us for a week, all the way from Denmark. It was the worst week of the summer for them to be here--the temperatures were over 100 every day, and several days it was 109! But we still had a great time and loved, loved spending so much time with them. Axel was the major favorite around here, and Troy is probably my boys' favorite person alive outside of their dad. He got Lucy to be in love with him too, so everyone was happy while they were here.

Troy was so nice to always acquiesce to the boys' demands for playtime.

Uncle Kurt was up a lot for the week too!

LOTS of eating out with them--we needed to get Texas BBQ, Tex-Mex, tacos, etc. They are going back to Denmark where they don't have these things, so it was very important.

Graham was always sharing his blankies with Axel. 

Dane especially loved Axel so much.

Lucy loved seeing "the baby"!

Troy was such a good sport with the crazies.

We went with them to the National Videogame Museum, new here in Frisco, and actually had a great time!

A huge game of Pong.

They had a cheap arcade at the end where we could play all sorts of 80s arcade games for a quarter each. That was the biggest hit.

We got a babysitter for one night and did an escape room. We were awesome!

We took Troy and Sarah down to a little aquarium and butterfly house in downtown Dallas one day.

Graham loved touching the stingrays.

They were so cute and serious trying to be so still, hoping the butterflies would come land on their fingers...

The three brothers!

And then, I had to keep every single one of these pictures we got trying to get a good picture of the kids with Axel. Graham's face in each of them is the funniest thing ever. The best part is that he was really trying to smile nicely; we bribed him with extra games with Troy before they left and he really wanted to play more with him. Poor kid doesn't know how to smile very well.