Karie and her entourage came for a visit last weekend. The time went by quickly, but we tried to pack in as much fun as we could. Karie and krew arrived and caught us having margaritas. Karie joined right in and caught up quickly. The kids jumped right in the pool so we didn't have to worry about baths that night! Friday night was a late night playing spoons with the kids. On Saturday, we headed over to Matt's company picnic and enjoyed ourselves...despite the rain. The kids liked the crafting area making sand art and balloon animals. Karie and I LOVED the crafting area because it was the only covered shelter so we didn't get soaked. McKenna fell in love with Elizabeth and they had to get matching tattoos (I think I've been replaced as McKenna's favorite!). We had originally planned to head over to the Coast Guard Festival in Grand Haven and visit Eric, but the weather didn't look like it was going to cooperate, so we hung out at our house instead. Keaton and Elizabeth took the kids to Meijer so they could get some yarn and then they spent hours making bracelets. Karie and I headed to Hobby Lobby to hit the 90%-off clearance aisle and loaded up my vehicle...with Karie's stuff, not mine. I kept my shopping to a two-bag minimum!
On Sunday, we headed to the mall and were disappointed to learn the climbing wall that Hunter was planning to conquer was closed...for good. Then, another blow came when McKenna learned that Libby Lu's (her girly, glittery store) was also closed. They handled their disappointment well, though, and decided to focus on back-to-school shopping. While the rest of the group was checking out sales in one store, Matt took McKenna to a "girls-only" store. Matt was the perfect personal shopping cart and just followed her around the store while she browsed and grabbed anything off the rack she liked and handed it to him to carry. Needless to say, when we arrived about 15 minutes later, he had two armfuls FULL of clothes. The only comment Matt had was, "We never did find a shirt to match this red skirt." It was too funny!! McKenna had to buy a BFF (Best Friends Forever) necklace to give to Elizabeth before she left. I'm a little jealous and think I may have been replaced. I guess I'll just have to stock my pantry with even more goodies the next time they visit and win her back!! Hmmm...maybe even a new puppy would help to make me the favorite again!!
