More Visitors, Welcome Matt and Becca

My cousin Matt and his wife Becca and their kids were coming down to Utah from Idaho for their kids' spring break and when we heard they were going to stay in a hotel we offered for them to stay with us now that we have all the space.  They graciously accepted and we welcomed the six of them to Hotel Cardon.  We enjoyed being able to see them off and on when they had free time between the different people and places they wanted to see and visit.  The kids loved to play outside on the swing set and shoot a few hoops out front.  Drew thought it was funny when the kids would slide down the slide he couldn't wait to try it himself.

One day their little girl was so tired she just laid on the ground with her blanket.  Drew decided to join her and it was the first time he's ever just laid there without putting up a fuss outside of his bed.

 On Wednesday Michelle and I took Drew to the Living Planet Aquarium that is just a few miles from where we live.  Neither of us had been there, but some of her friends were planning on being there at the same time.  It is a nice little place and Drew loved all the different fish.

Before returning home we went to the hospital to visit Michelle's sister Dy who just had a baby that morning.  Little Leah May Valdez was born at 1134 am, 6 lbs 11 oz, and 20.5 in long.  Dy was induced a week early because she had her baby so fast the last time (12 minutes after arriving at the hospital) they didn't want to risk it happening again and them not making it from Tooele in time.  Well, after an hour and a half of being induced out popped this little thing.

She looked so small, but was almost 3 lbs bigger than Drew was when he was born.  Both mother and child were doing great and Brett didn't look to bad himself.  Congratulations Dy and Brett!  We then headed home to have dinner with Matt's family and our cousin Jean-Jacques.  It was fun to get all together since growing up we didn't have a chance to see each other all that often.  On Friday Matt's family headed home so he could get a little rest before having to go on a work trip.

It was great to have them visit and fun to have some more kids around to play with Drew.  We hope to be able to visit them in Idaho so they can return the favor.