On July 6, 2013, the kids and I woke up at Mom and Dad's villa. We spent the day there...just hanging out. We did the pool thing and napped and played. We got a surprise in the afternoon when Chet and Vanessa came to visit us. They just showed up! It was great! We were so happy :) (I don't think we had seen them since May at Eric's wedding.) We had planned to have dinner with Grandpa and Grandma in Kampsville so we invited Chet and Vanessa and Aunt Bev, Uncle T, and Xander.
We met at the ever so famous Kampsville Inn. Or at "the Inn" if you are a local.
Charlotte ran right for Grandma... which is funny bc Grandma always tries to tell me that Charlotte never comes to her and doesn't like her. Charlotte went straight for her and Grandma held her for awhile.
She is biting her nails in this picture... which is usually what she does when she is nervous.
Charlotte loves her Great Aunt Bess.
Aunt Bess and two of her very favorite people in this world.
We tried to do a quick photoshoot while we waited for our meal. We thought we would get the three great grandchildren with Grandma and Grandpa while Xander was back visiting from NC. These two boys were representing...and Grandpa looks worried about something.
So, this was Charlotte's reaction to being in a picture with her great grandparents.
Precious, right?
(Note the ferry in the background. My cousin on the Weber side's husband is driving it at the moment of this pic. He honked at us. Kinda funny.)
Oh wait, she's fine now.
We went back inside and Chet and Great Grandpa Redeye provided the kids with tons of quarters. Charlotte was loving having Vanessa and Xander to play with. (She LOVES them)
Someone even bought her a sucker!
Sawyer knows what a sucker is. He thinks he will just try it out.
This is so funny!!
Sawyer loving on his Great Aunt Bev.
Xander with his grandparents.
She loves this boy more than life.
A fabulously happy family.
Xander loves his Aunt Vanessa and Uncle Chet.
How cute are they???
Love them.
Charlotte felt that she needed to show Vanessa something REALLY important.
We had an amazing supper and then we loaded up and headed back to Metamora. Alex worked all day this particular day (as he does and has almost every single Saturday since we have been married.) We headed home so that we could spend all of Sunday with him.
This was my sunset between Carrollton and Jacksonville as I drove home.
There is just something about a Midwestern sunset...
The kids slept most of the drive since we started driving around 8 pm. We got home a few minutes before 11. I was able to talk on the phone, Charlotte watched tv/slept, and Sawyer slept fabulously.
It was a great 4th of July weekend.... Very busy. Lots of family time. Lots of time outside. Absolute perfection.
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