Call Us Crazy: We had a special visitor!

About 2 weeks ago, we were abundantly blessed with a special visit from my mom, or more lovingly referred to around here as Grandma Kris! She was able to spend 6 nights with us, which gave us ample time to really give her a good idea about "how things run" in our day-to-day. It was a wonderful time, and we were so excited to finally have our first out-of-town visitor come to our new stomping grounds!

We played trains...er, correction. Grandma Kris built and played trains with Geoffrey. Every day.
He was thrilled!!

We made cookies...again, correction. Grandma Kris made cookies with Maddie and Geoffrey.

A few weeks ago, a flyer came home from school advertising a youth tennis league. Maddie has been talking about playing tennis ever since July, when she saw her Grandma Kris going off to play tennis, wearing a tennis skirt. (Pretty sure the skirt was the hook that got Maddie!) Anyway, we talked with my mom, and she brought down her tennis gear, including two child-sized tennis rackets. We wanted to get a better "feel" as to whether or not Maddie was truly interested in the sport, or not, before signing her up. They played catch and hit the ball with the racket each day my mom was in town.

Our tennis ladies.

And then this is what Geoffrey was doing... :)

Popsicles by the poolside.

We also spent a good deal of time going swimming. This is a big deal, because as much as my mom loves to swim, she is NEVER one to get into water very quickly. Both Maddie and Geoffrey assured she got right in and started splashing around.

Eager grand-kids, ready to swim with Grandma!

Swimming gets even more exciting when Daddy gets to join in the fun.

This is precisely why they prefer swimming with daddy over mommy. :) I don't deny it; looks fun!

Crazy pool hair and pool love.

And, here are a few shots of our time on the tennis courts over Grandma's visit.

Maddie's first tennis instructor. ;)

And Maddie's supportive little brother... He was chasing balls right and left, and very quickly turned the game into golf. Sort of.

Red cheeked, sly-grin.

Brant decided to take my mom on for a little 1:1.

One of the last days my mom was with us, the ladies took a little trip to the spa for some pedicures. This is the first time I've done this with Maddie. Her take? It was "a lot of fun, but also boring." She'll learn.

Fun to be out, just the girls.

She started off fascinated.

Thanks for this special treat, Grandma!

I enjoyed myself, as well.

....aaand now we're bored. In her defense, she was the last one to get her nails started, so she did have to wait for quite awhile.

Here we go!

She's growing up.

We continued with our fun-filled week, and Grandma watched Maddie and Geoffrey for the evening/night, while Brant and I were blessed to go out on a long date. We've been enjoying the opportunities to explore the town of Claremont, right next to where we are living. It's such a hip place, and we love going there without kids! :) I didn't bring my camera, but it has to be documented because it was just another way we were blessed by my mom's visit. Thank you, Mom!!

Grandma also treated us to frozen yogurt, which is a favorite of ours!