Visit From The Brothers

On Christmas night my brother Ben and his family drove up from Indiana to visit us for a few days.  The next day my youngest brother Jordan flew out from Utah.  We were packed in our house with nine people, but we sure had fun.  Our days consisted of entertaining the four kids and our evenings consisted of games and lots of laughter with the five adults.  Great memories were made; that's for sure.

Marshall adores Uncle Jordan.  Marshall was on his lap within minutes of him walking in the door.

We spent a morning at the downtown library.  It was a hit.

Santa gave this gift to Marshall.  I think everyone else has played with it more than him.  :)

Back at the library, Anna was not feeling well this trip so she was not herself, but still quite cute.

Lisa and Anna up in the lighthouse.

Richard and Marshall reading the over-sized books. 

Bridget and the lighthouse.

Benson and the beads.

All of the boys went bowling one afternoon leaving the girls home to sleep.  All four of us appreciated a quiet house.  :)

Our last day together we spent a day in Chicago.  Jordan, Bridget and I did the Skydeck at the Willis Tower.  We were 103 stories up standing in a glass box.  Unfortunately it was cloudy and snowing so obviously the view and the thrill was not so great, but still pretty cool.  I will definitely do this again.

We spent the rest of the day at the Museum of Science and Industry.  It was jam-packed, but we still had fun. 

Unfortunately the visits ended with the four of us and Jordan getting a stomach bug.  Our last two days were spent inside watching a lot of movies and playing video games.  The plus side was that the vacation ended in a very relaxing way.  :)  Thanks for the visits everyone!  We love you all!