Home and Friends

After a very long day of driving yesterday, we finally made it home! The kids were super excited to play with their new toys this morning! Markus practiced matching his letters and pointed out any that were in his name.

 Joli started learning French.

 After a couple hours of relaxing and unpacking, we headed over to visit with some old friends! Joli was super excited to see her friend Izzy! They're only eight months apart and have known each other since Izzy was three weeks old!

 Deanna was our wonderful hostess. She is Izzy's mom, and Aiden's, who is only a month younger than Markus! He is also the one that wanted to use my camera and TOOK all the pictures on it!

 Aiden got a picture of Robyn, who were so totally thrilled to see! We miss having her around!!

 Cass was there, and anxiously awaiting the arrival of her first baby in just a few weeks!

 Little Bear was also in town with Robyn and baby Mikey!! It was so great to see him!

 Big Mikey is Cass' husband, and had a good time getting some daddy practice with all the crazy kids running around!

 And here is the best picture of Baby Mikey that Aiden managed to get. He was a little stinker and had his hand on the lens in almost every shot, but my goodness he is so stinking cute!!

 After an amazing afternoon with our friends, we came home and got our little hermie crabs in their new bigger terrarium. "Shiny" has gotten so big that he could barely move around in the small cage, so we figured he needed space. Joli also wanted to get some pretty sand, and used her own money to buy some! I also got them a heater to keep their tank warm. It's just been too dang cold lately! They seem to be very happy!