Weekend at Nana & Papa's

Last weekend, we flew the coop and headed north a few hours to Nana & Papa's house.  It had been a long time since we had played at their house, and Henley especially LOVED getting reacquainted with all of Papa's ducks, the stuffed and carved variety.  Beau and Richie stayed back this weekend and switched the kids's rooms!  Make way for baby brother!!  It proved to be quite a time consuming and labor intensive process.  A day trip to IKEA was also necessary.  I met the guys at IKEA for the afternoon on Sunday, and three hours later, they headed back home and I headed back to Nana & Papa's.  I was without my camera most of the weekend, almost as though I had left a child behind.  Beau brought it to me Sunday when we rendezvoused at IKEA.  Whew!
 

 Henley held up his very first drumstick, asking me, "What's this?"  After a reply of "chicken" he quickly began devouring the yummy barbecued delight prepared special by Papa. 

 Pictures don't lie.  Hazel devoured her drumstick too!

 Nana's friend Jan lives on a farm and she was nice enough to share the farm experience with the kids.  Hazel and Henley both were delighted with the idea of collecting eggs.  Surprising enough, no eggs were damaged in the process!

 A busy hen works on an egg.  (We later collected that one too!)

 Jan's horse, Dan, was a good sport as he allowed Hazel a sit.

 Hazel sure did love the farm experience!

 Henley is smitten with horses, and with the help of Nana, he was able to get up close to Dan.  Nice Horsey.

 Thanks Dan!

 More eggs, a farmer girl's work is never done!

 So many colorful varieties of chickens.

 Henley was quite interested in watching the chickens cluck cluck around.

 We stayed an extra day at Nana and Papa's so that we could visit more friends on Monday.  Here is Kyle White, already three months old.  What a handsome and sweet little guy.  His big brother, Nathan, is fantastic with him.  Hazel and Nathan were a hoot to watch play and chit chat.  Bummer I didn't get a photo of these two together! 

 Michelle, Ryan and Bryce were visiting for the weekend.  It was a special treat to see these friends as they live too far away.  Bryce is quite a cute little guy, already a year old!  Here is Hazel with her buddy Bryce.

Michelle and I have been friends for over 20 years!  Thanks to the Nelson's for hosting us all for the open house to come and see such special friends.