Last weekend our dear friends the Worleys came to visit us from N. Ft. Myers. Of course, Missy and I have known each other since I was born and have been friends ever since, but it is such a joy and a blessing for us to see our husbands and children become good friends as well. This visit was their second (what I hope will be annual) October visit. We all had an awesome time. The only bummers of the weekend were the lack of sleep and the shortness of the visit.
They arrived Thursday evening in time for a pizza dinner. And then the children played until bedtime and talked in their room until we laid the smack-down…hehe. We put three yr. old Autumn in Ty’s room with him, and they went to bed peacefully enough. Caleb and Samantha were put in Connor and Lucy’s room with them. Needless to say, excitement and adrenaline were running high, and no one felt tired at all. By no one, of course, I mean the kids. Tim and I were teaching Miss and Rich how to play Settlers of Catan, and we were still hearing our little munchkins at 11PM, at which point, I moved Lucy into our room and gave my “mean” talk to the others. Despite this late bedtime, all four of the older children were up at about 6AM the next day…sigh. So sleep was limited to say the least. Everyone managed to keep good attitudes for the most part though, which was quite an achievement, considering we were all sharing rather close quarters.
On Friday, Tim had to work, but the rest of us went to Possom Creek Park and played on the playground and then played soccer with the kids. We came home for lunch and more playing and naps for the little ones. I cooked roast pork loin with rice, Chinese greens, and homemade rolls for dinner. Later that night we let the kids watch the old Willy Wonka movie, and then Uncle Rich and Tim went out and found Wonka chocolate bars and Everlasting Gobstoppers, which were distributed to the kids right before bedtime…not the best timing. 🙂
Saturday, we all went to Rogers Farm, a one-stop shop for all things fall, and the kids had a blast. There was a hayride, ponyrides, slides, a jumping pillow, a petting zoo, a corn maze, and funnel cakes, deep-fried oreos, and sno-cones. And all the kids got to pick a pumpkin. That night we had grilled cheeseburgers for supper with cupcakes for dessert to celebrate Autumn’s 3rd birthday.
Sunday, we all went to our church and stayed for fellowship lunch, and then sadly, our company had to return home. Tim and I were a little fearful that Rich would not be able to keep his eyes open on the drive home, but they made it safely. Miss and Rich, if you’re reading this, thank you again for making the trip to see us. We loved having your family here and are so thankful to call you friends.
It was difficult to choose which pictures to post in this blog, but here are a few. For the whole album, click here. PS I may get around to posting links to some videos. The one of Tyler eating the cotton candy is especially cute (and scary).