Another weekend of visitors

It's 8:44pm on Sunday night and I'm the only person still awake in this house! We had such a busy and fun weekend! On Friday night, Gary & Kathy rolled into town for a weekend visit. Saturday morning Duane and Gary ran errands while Kathy, Olivia and I went to Target for groceries. Olivia napped, we had lunch, and then Duane started on Liv's playroom in the basement. Duane first installed a light switch - at Liv's level! She was totally into helping him.

Once the electrical was in place, we headed to MOA. We were so excited for Olivia to ride some rides but she was NOT into it. She started crying on her first ride with Grandma - but we're blaming the screaming child in front of her for upsetting her experience. We had dinner in the mall and after Olivia devoured her meal, she entertained herself with this chair and some crayons. We left the mall late and Liv fell fast asleep in the truck on the way home.

Today was quite a day - MN Zoo - first thing in the morning! We were walking into the zoo around 9:30am and Olivia thought she ruled the place! We were lucky and didn't encounter a big crowd so she was "on the loose." Here are some fun pictures from the morning.

She waved hello to the otters - totally melted our hearts! This is a photo of the end of the wave.

Coyote - walked right out as we walked by!

We were about 10 minutes down the road after the zoo and Liv was asleep. Thankfully, she was able to fall back asleep once we got home. No rest for the weary, though - as soon as lunch was eaten, Duane and Gary were hanging drywall in Liv's new room. While the guys worked, Kathy and I entertained Liv. We did make a trip to Toys R Us, though, and Liv was given an adirondack chair and a new slide/jungle gym set.

After dinner, Gary & Kathy put together Liv's new slide/jungle gym in the basement. She LOVED it!!! We tried to count and we think she went down the slide 25 times. After each slide down, she would literally run around to the start and go again. I hope to get pictures of this from Kathy and post soon - they were such adorable pictures.

More to come on the Liv's playroom - it's going to be adorable!!!