Brown/Bailey Weekend

We had a great weekend with Mike's parents, his sister, Shannon, and our niece, Mason.  I couldn't ask for better in-laws or a better bonus sister.  My only wish is that we all lived in the same town so that we could spend much more time together.  Already counting the days until we'll be together again in December.  Here are a few of our weekend activities: 

Creating Sidewalk Galleries

Making Wishes

Playing with Grandma Peggy -- checking out moss, making "soup" out of acorns, leaves and rocks (yum!)

Awesome Cousin Time (super fun Aunt Shannon, too!)

Experimenting with Wax Lips and Candy Treats from Grandma (Noah and Mason got a kick out of it.  Check out his face for confirmation that Miles opted out.  Cracks me up that Mason's lips are upside down.)

Lots of Wedding Talk! Dana asked the kids to take part in the wedding ceremony. Miles is still processing the request; Noah was thrilled, especially after learning that it might come with a gift of sorts. Mason immediately envisioned herself in her fancy red dress (I have an adorable vision of the boys in black chuck taylors with their wedding gear). Precious, so very special, and so thoughtful of Dana & Brad. (As a side-note, Dana and I cracked up when she arrived wearing her new favorite sweater, which is also my new favorite sweater. Linds -- plan on a shopping trip, pronto.)

Watching Hilarious Videos. The kids checked out one of Shannon & Mason's favorite dance videos on youtube and Miles' dance video posted on our blog. Insanely hilarious.

Making Christmas Lists (I'm not sure that anything was left uncircled)

Hanging with Grandpa Bob.  Somehow this is the only picture I took of Mike's dad.  The funny part is that after I took it, Griffin asked to see it (on the screen of my camera).  I said, "who's that?"  He said, "that's bob!"  Way to skip all formalities, my friend.  Too funny.

You can see more pictures from the weekend on my flkr page.