Visit From the Matthews

 OK. So I found my camera cable and am going to do a little bit of catch up. I'm only going to get the biggest stuff because it has just been such a long time. And this tower is a little older, so it takes a while to load up this many pictures. Here is the first big thing that I missed. Way back during the first part of March, my sister and her family came all the way from Texas to visit for Spring Break. It was so much fun to see them after such a long time. We went to Judd's for some yummy breadsticks...

 ...after we took the whole clan to the Temple visitor's center. There were 9 kids and they all behaved beautifully. It turned out to be quite the unexpectedly enjoyable activity.

 One day we went to the sand dunes and Brian buried EVERYONE!! Derek. 

 Dexy

 A moments pause from digging massively deep holes for a picture with his wifey. Resume the digging and burying.

 Alice

 Me

 Ollie

 Really EVERYONE! But that's just too many pictures to upload. He dug and dug and dug like this for the longest time. Then we'd time everyone to see how long it took them to get out. It was so funny to watch. Not only were we there and the Matthews were there, but my uncle Rob's family was there and they got in on the digging and burying action, too. We stayed there for hours and had the most lovely time! 

 The kids all played so nicely. Here's Emily kindly working with Dexy as he names his pictures from nursery that week. They've always been kind of good little quiet friends. 

Hadley and Ollie spent a lot of time dragging their trikes up the hill entry to our complex and then riding them down the hill at full speed. 

 We also went with them to one of the coolest parks around town.

 It's so much fun because all ages of people can play at this park. We had a blast spending time with our long lost Matthews cousins. 

 Before it was all over, Ben rode with us and got himself caught in an Ollie Dexy Smooch Sandwich. Too cute!! We miss them and hope we'll get to see them again soon!