Family Fun!

Once Dad and Eric arrived on Sunday, July 1st, the week of non-stop fun kicked into high gear!

On Monday, we took a trip up to Cabelas - it's like a free museum for Eve!  And let's not pretend that the menfolk didn't have just as good of a time :)

Eve was sold the minute we walked in the front door and she got to ride a big tractor!  It was hard to pull her away from that one...

But she found a new friend to help drown her woes!

Crazy as it seems, sitting on this bench and playing with my chapstick was probably close to the top of her favorite things at Cabelas....silly girl!

Andrew and Eric being tough guys.  They're not afraid of the polar bear about to tear them to pieces!

No shoes, no service!

A future cougar in the making!

Eve didn't seem too interested in the fish (the only live animals in the store!).  Maybe I need to rethink my plan to take her to the aquarium soon...I could barely get her to stand their long enough for one picture.  She just wanted to get back to her bench!

That is, until she found out about the kids' toy section!  We spent the rest of our time there, while the guys looked at guns.  So many furry friends to play with!

Snack time!

The best part about leaving Cabelas?  We had to pass the "trucks" again on the way out and Eve got another ride!  Grandpa even let her help drive!

I'll do separate posts about our 3rd and 4th of July - they were busy, family filled days! - but the rest of the week was filled with A LOT of this:

So many people around to read books to Eve!  I don't think we could count how many times Grandma read Eve "The Foot Book".

On Friday night before everyone left to go home the next morning, the men took apart (literally - almost every piece) our spare dining table to get it ready for shipment to Denver with Mom and Dad.  It was nice to have it around when we had the large gatherings at our house over the 4th, but we knew we didn't have room for it long-term.  Now it has a new home at grandma and grandpa's!

Before Stuart, Genevieve, and the kids left on Thursday (yes - they were there too!) we had the chance to go over to the cemetary to see Grandpa Klosowsky's grave.  It was really neat to be there as a family.

Eve just enjoyed Grandpa letting her play in the tree!

It was so fun to have a few days off work and to just spend time with our family!  The last couple days of the week when I was back at work, Andrew, Dad, and Eric fixed so many things around the house!  I can't believe how much they got done - including, but not limited to the doorbell, the microwave, the garbage disposal sink drain, a shelf put up in the garage, attaching our hall bath vanity, and fixing lights on both of our cars.  We appreciated the help so much!

And you'd think Eve had died and gone to heaven with all the playing time she got with her grandparents and cousins.  She still asks about the every day - life is pretty quiet again with everyone gone!