The Cheneys come to town

This week my parents finished making the rounds amongst the children with their visit to Houston. They got here Tuesday night and the party continued until this morning.

Tuesday we had Gretchen and kids over and then Kirk and Dan joined us all later for dinner and visiting.

Wednesday we went to the arboretum and had a picnic at the park.

Who's that creepin' behind the bush?

Thursday we went to the toy store and hardware store in the morning. Then Mom and I went out during the kids' nap time. That night we went over to K&Gs for dinner and socializing. We watched quite a few "Just for Laughs" clips on YouTube as well.

Friday Dan took the day off and 9 of us headed over to Kemah. We thought the rides didn't open until 12, so we planned on just walking around for a while, but we got there at 10:30, saw a man catch a huge fish, and then the rides were open. There weren't any lines at the beginning so Sam and Carter got them all done in no time.

 Sam and Carter rode the airplane ride twice, the mini ferris wheel twice, and the carousel. I think I'm forgetting one. We also all rode a train around the boardwalk. Dan, Gretchen and I also rode a wooden roller coaster that was pretty awesome. I had tears streaming down my cheeks because it went so fast and my hair was a giant rat's nest afterwards. That's how I can tell if a rollercoaster was fun.

 They also had a fountain area for the kids to play in.

And they made friends with a shark.

Saturday we celebrated Carter's third birthday. Gretchen and Kirk threw a great party. Gretchen made an amazing train cake. Do you remember my terrible train cake from Sam's second birthday? No? That's because I didn't put a picture of it online because it was a train wreck. Get it? (But if you look in the archives for last May, you'd see part of it. It looks more like a tug boat.)

Back to the party.

Carter kept saying something to himself that sounds like "That's match" and then cracking up. It wasn't long before everyone else was cracking up, too.

 Pinata time.

Thankfully Kirk put Lightning McQueen out of his misery after like 10 minutes of us watching C & S softly hitting him. I think Carter had a great birthday!

We miss my parents already and wish they were still here. Thanks for a great time!