Labor Day Weekend!

I invited Megan and Mitch Jones to come visit us for Labor Day weekend as a late birthday surprise for Lee, and what a weekend it was! Lee was pretty shocked to see his niece Aubrie show up at a restaurant where he thought we were meeting friends. After a delicious lunch, we took the kiddos to the children's museum.

On school days the place is practically empty, so Paul and Aubrie had no competition for the most fun exhibits.

Paul loved to tickle Kaden and give him kisses.

 We were very fortunate to have a rainy Saturday. It kept things cool enough for us to do some hiking and a picnic at Madera Canyon.

We threw rocks in the river. Paul tipped in head first while trying to get a particular pebble, so we took off his wet shirt and soothed his wounded ego.

We played lots of games and had all kinds of fun, indoor and out, and ate great food. The kids exhausted each other, and us, and by Monday morning we were not at all ready to say good-bye. We can't wait to visit them and for them to visit us again.