Visitors!

Last week (Sept. 10th-14th) Grandma Patsy, my sister BreAnne, and her little girl Ellsie came to visit us! It was such a fun week! We packed in all kinds of fun adventures and also just had lots of time to sit around and talk/catch up. Here are a bunch of pictures from our super fun-filled week together!

 Ellsie's bubble beard. :)

Keaton and Grandma Patsy! (One of my favorite things about this visit from family is that Keaton not only got to spend time with Grandma Patsy, but now he also knows how to say her name and he says it so stinkin' cute!)

Ellsie letting her true colors shine! Ha, ha. This girl is truly a little spit fire with attitude!

In between the moments of these two fighting with each other there were moments like this.

You would never know these two are 9 months apart in age- they are exactly the same size! (Well, Ellsie may have a little more chub than Keaton!)

Keaton saying, "Cheese!" :)

Ellsie brought that cute orange and pink sippy cup and Keaton wanted it so bad and stole it from her all the time- so at the store the next day we picked one up for Keaton and then the rest of the week they proceeded to borrow from each other- drinking out of each others sippy's. :) (As you can see we have a few pictures of these two laying on Keaton's little toddler bed together- it was their favorite place to play together!)

On Thursday night the missionaries came over for dinner and to celebrate Elder Mickel's 20th birthday! Keaton helped blow out the candles. :)

Watching the "choo choo" train. Keaton is obsessed! After this train passed by Keaton was so sad and just kept signing and saying, "More, more, more!"

He got his wish! On our walk home from the park another train passed by. :) (Of course, they are not in short supply around here!)

Little friends, holding hands on the walk home.

Why is Ellsie crying you might ask? Well, because her mom got up to take the picture and I sat down beside her... Nope, this little girl didn't like me too much- especially if her mom wasn't close by!

Matching "pumpkin" pj's (as Keaton calls them).

And after a long week of playing hard these two crashed after spending the day shopping in Omaha before heading to the airport. Keaton was sad when he woke up and everyone was gone. He kept saying, "I want Ellsie!" "Where grandma Patsy?" "Where 'man' (BreAnne)?" What a fun visit we had with Grandma, BreAnne, and Ellsie! Thanks again you guys for coming to visit us in good old Columbus, Nebraska!