This weekend we had the fun privilege of having our eldest "daughter" Kaysha with us. It is hard to believe ... but she is a senior in college this year ... so she is on the interview circuit. She has an interview in Chicago on Monday morning ... so we were able to work it out and have her here for the weekend! What fun ... the little girls LOVE their Sissy Kaysha!!!
We drove to Chicago on Friday afternoon and spent the evening with some of our dearest, best friends in all the world ... Paul & Chris (and their daughters Elsa & Emma) and Janelle. They all drove down from Madison, Wisconsin to spend the evening together. We had a great time! The Dads took all the little girls (except the baby) swimming ... then we ordered in Chicago-style pizza ... we talked, the kids played ... it was great!
They headed for home around 9:30 pm and we went to get Sissy Kaysha at the airplane port.
On Saturday morning ... more of our dearest/best friends came to visit. Jeff & Janna with their boys Zach & Seth. They are the family that came for Christmas ... and Nataliya has been asking "where's Zach?" almost daily since then!! They also know Kaysha from all of our days in South Dakota ... so it was an all around great visit. Here's a little side note about Nataliya and her Zach! When we were flying to San Diego for our niece's wedding a couple of weeks ago ... we flew through Chicago-Midway airport. Near the end of the flight, the flight attendant said "as we make our final approach into Chicago ..." at which point Nataliya (in her not so quiet voice) screams "CAGO!!! SEE ZACH!!!!! ZACH IN CAGO MAMA!!!" She was sooooooooooooooo excited at the thought of seeing her friend Zach. I had to break it to her that Zach was at school and we wouldn't be seeing him in Chicago!
So, on Saturday morning we met Zach and his family at Krispy Kreme ... the girls were fascinated with the making of the donuts and quite delighted at the free donut they each received! Then we headed back to the hotel and Chris took all of the kids swimming. Which actually translates "Chris went into the pool/jacuzzi and the girls jumped to him ... or he tossed them in the air for 90 plus minutes!" He is a GREAT Daddy!!!
We cleaned up ... went to Ikea for an hour or so then headed for home. Our drive back was mostly uneventful ... I drove and Kaysha rode up front with me. The little girls slept about half of the way and Chris sat in the "back back" working on our taxes!
Today we had a good morning at church then hung around the house as a family this afternoon. Kaysha leaves really early in the morning for Chicago ... so our visit was short and sweet ... but it's ALWAYS good to have our eldest daughter around!!! If the two little ones grow up to be anything close to what Kaysha is ... well that will be sweet!!!
Sadly ... we didn't take any pictures with Sissy Kaysha this time! DUH!! But here is a sweet photo from last year at this time.
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