A Visit from Hellmut and Ursula!

The much anticipated visit from Ragnar's parents finally came and went. We were so excited they were willing to make the trip to see us as it had been 9 months and the kids missed them! They came on Wednesday night and just hung out with the kids after they got home from school and rested.

Oma played a tea party with Channing and Deacon.

Then Channing's dream came true! She had been waiting for Oma to come because she knows Oma will put on makeup for her :)

Thursday we ran some errands and Deacon wanted to make sure everywhere we went he was close to his Opa!

We played games and Ragnar got to play with his "Playmobile" toys that his mom brought him from when he was a child in Germany.

Ragnar even remembered how to set everything up!

We had several walks to and from school which the kids enjoyed having their grandparents join them on!

Deacon loved Opa and wanted to always be by him!

Opa let Channing read to him. 

Oma watched Deacon play basketball and joined in on the fun!

And in true Ursula fashion, she had a fun craft idea for them to make!

Culvers for dinner!

We taught them the game 5 Crowns and had fun playing with them! I happened to win both times ;)

I think we wore them out!!!

Friday Ragnar had to work as it was the biggest game of the year, so we hung out and anxiously waited for Daphne to arrive!

It started raining a lot that evening, but she made it ok!

We had dinner and hung out!

We even had a little dance party. Channing got Opa to dance for a minute! Hellmut wanted to hear "I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream!" so we listened to that song.
Saturday morning Daphne and I ran 10 miles together and then we ate our donuts! Hellmut enjoys getting donuts while he is here! Deacon loved waking up and having breakfast with him!

Then we headed off to the zoo. The weather was cloudy, but the sun eventually came and it ended up being a nice day there!

Our zoo selfie!

We had some monkeys along for the ride!!

We ate lunch at the zoo and enjoyed a lot of walking!

Spot the giraffe in the back ;)

We completely wore the kids out by the time we were done!

That afternoon Ursula, Daphne and I made cookies and did a little shopping and then we went to Los Cucos for dinner!

We were serenaded with several German songs from our waiter. He actually had a great voice, but it was a tad awkward!

Sunday we went to church together!

Ursula tried on Daphnes extensions! haha!

We are getting pretty good at selfies! After church we had a BBQ and then Daphne took Hellmut and Ursula to Baton Rouge for a couple days!

They got back Tuesday night. Wednesday morning while most of the kids were at school my mom watched Deacon and we went to a session at the temple. 

We had a nice time being together.

After the temple, Deacon's wish came true and he got to be with both of his grandpas! There are no two people he loves more! We went with my parents to Red Robin and had lunch!

That evening we hung out with the kids and enjoyed our last night with Hellmut and Ursula. Ragnar was especially grateful that they came. We always love seeing them and we never get to spend enough time with them. We sure wish we lived closer. We love them and are so grateful they took the time to come see us! We miss them!