This weekend we had David’s brother Eddie and sister Anne come visit us. They were our first visit from David’s family in our new house and it was so wonderful having them here! Nathan and William were looking forward to having a fierce water gun fight with Uncle Eddie for weeks and I must say that it lived up to the hype! First thing after dinner on Friday it was on! The highs hit over 100 that day so it was a welcome way for everyone to cool off!

On Saturday we went to the watershed to walk around and let the boys play and hunt for tadpoles. Owen got to spend some quality time with Auntie Anne. Then we went to visit the peacocks for a little while before heading home for another water gun fight. Anne brought a couple of movies for the boys to watch and Colin became obsessed with a cartoon version of David and Goliath. We watched it over and over again and it’s still going strong! He wants to watch it immediately after he gets home from school! Saturday night we all went out to dinner and survived. Nathan and William are getting easier as far as going out to eat but Colin is pretty difficult. Luckily Owen will still happily fall asleep even in a crowded restaurant!

Sunday morning was the baptism for Colin and Owen. I’m still recovering from it. It was a disaster. After church cleared out we stuck around with one other family and all had the ceremony together in the back. Anne, Eddie, David, and myself stood there with Colin and Owen. This left nobody to keep an eye on Nathan and William and these two are crazy when left unattended. They started goofing off in the background. Quietly at first but it slowly got louder and louder. I kept looking over my shoulder to give them the scariest stink eye I could muster to hopefully terrify them into submission. When that didn’t work, Anne and Eddie stepped back to tell them to be quiet but that only worked for 20 seconds before they were back at it again. I could feel the sweat running down my back as I kept glaring at them until the deacon called me out for not paying attention. I felt like I was back in school and the teacher had just asked me a question that I couldn’t answer because I had no idea what had just been said. It was mortifying. The boys finally started settling down a bit and just when I thought the worst was over, I heard Colin whisper a very quiet “Poo-poo butt.” The blood froze in my veins. This was my worst nightmare. David and I exchanged terrified glances hoping it was just an isolated incident. Then another slightly louder “poo-poo butt” came. We both knew that if we hushed him and told him not to say that, he would begin to scream it at the top of his lungs. David began slowly and quietly talking to him telling him to say “amen” after the prayer. Now David was talking while the deacon was talking hoping to cover up Colin’s poo-poo butts. My heart began to race and I just wanted to crawl under a rock and hide. Finally, the ceremony ended and we all breathed a sigh of relief. We put Colin down to go chase his brothers and all was well again. Here are the two lovely pictures we took to make you think it was a flawless, happy experience for all involved…

Sunday night we all went to go see the bats off bat bridge downtown. For those of you who don’t know, every evening at sundown, millions of bats fly out from under Congress bridge. Austin is famous for it and it attracts quite a crowd. Then we took the long walk back to the car and went home. By the time we got back, all the boys had fallen asleep and we were able to sneak them into their beds. A true success.

Monday afternoon Anne and Eddie left to go back to Hawaii. We will miss them terribly. We all loved having them here and feel the loss of not having so much family close by. It’s priceless ❤