Grandpa from Texas came to visit!

Well it's been almost a month ago now...but Grandpa Gene came to visit from Texas for a long weekend and we had so much fun having him here!

The weather was beautiful...well until the day he showed up. That Thursday, October 6 after being so nice for weeks, it turned really cold and rainy. But we still got out and had some fun. Kelli picked him up from the airport that day and brought him to our house and he got to come with me to pick the boys up from school, then we just hung out that afternoon and I made yummy chicken pot pie for dinner.

Friday Ashton had school so Kelli and  I and Gunnar and Grandpa all went up to First Dam to feed the ducks. It was freezing so we only stayed about half an hour, but Gunnar always loves it and rain or no rain, it was fun to get out
(and as one of my friends said...any excuse to wear my cute pink coat :).

Kelli even made a new friend :)

We also loved this little guy...look at his fluff of feathers on his head!
love it!

That night we took Grandpa out to eat at the Coppermill, then came home and had movie night with the movie he brought for the boys...Despicable Me. One of our new favorites.

Saturday Ashton had an early morning soccer game at 9:00.

It was still cold and a little rainy, but so fun to have Grandpa there to watch. These next two pictures are two of my favorite pictures from the whole weekend...love them!

After the game I took the soccer pictures, then we went out to get Ashton a new bike for getting those last 2 stickers on his chart. That was an adventure in itself!

Anyway then on Sunday, our last full day with Grandpa here, we decided to go fishing up at Newton Dam.

It ended up being a beautiful day and we had so much fun.
 We caught lots of little perch and the boys had a blast just running around exploring.

On our way back into town we decided to stop off at Village Inn for dinner.

Monday we got up and all walked Ashton to school...he was so excited to ride his new bike there :)

Then it was time to say goodbye.

 At least for Ashton. Kelli didn't have to leave to take Grandpa back to the airport till about noon, so Gunnar got a few more hours in to play with him.
Oh and have their morning coffee and hot chocolate :) 

It was a great weekend and we were sad it went by so fast. Good memories. Good times. We love you Grandpa!