Weekend with Erika and Tyler

So as much as I love living out in Denver, one thing that I wish the most was that I had family- any family!- that lived close. Sometimes it's really hard living away from my family, especially now that we're having more kids. So I was so excited that my sister Erika and her husband Tyler were going to be driving through Denver for the weekend. Of course it would have been more fun if they were actually moving here but they're actually moving to Maryland for awhile so that Tyler can go to school and Erika can look for a job now that she just graduated from ISU with her masters in psychology. It was so fun having them here even if it was just for a few days and I couldn't help but think how fun it would be if I could see them all the time! But I'll take what I can get and I enjoyed the time that they were here!

Tyler and Erika drove from Pocatello, ID and got into Denver late last Thursday night. So on Friday Luke still had to work, but the rest of us decided to go downtown too and just walk around 16th Street Mall. It actually turned out to be a beautiful day! So we did a little shopping and walked over to Luke's office. He was too busy to come down but they had a hotdog stand outside so we ate those outside, and it was a lot of fun!
That night we got some pizza and then went bowling. And yea, it's not easy to go bowling when you feel like you have a bowling ball in your belly!
Erika loves her little nephew and it was so nice to have them both around to help with him, and Jacob really warmed up to Tyler and Erika too.
Even though he wasn't up for many pictures, Jacob was actually behaving really well while we all bowled- usually he's running around and just trying to play the arcade games. But he watched and clapped for all of us and liked being in charge of the balls as they rolled in haha.

I was bowling horribly so I finally decided I may as well let Jacob take over my game. So we got the ramp out for him and he loved it! On his second turn he even got a strike too!

He didn't really know what was going on but I was glad that he was able to play with us and we all had a good time :)
On Saturday I had an activity for Activity Days and so while I was out in the morning Luke worked on the yard and smoked some ribs for lunch. We filled up on those and were so full for the rest of the day none of us even wanted dinner! I even liked them, they were very good ribs!
That afternoon we stopped by our friends graduation party, ate more food, and then later we took Jacob to the park. He had a blast running around on his own for awhile, and then Tyler and Erika took him on the swings too.


We talked Erika and Tyler into staying one extra day through Sunday, and we mostly just went to church and hung around the house and played a few games but it was fun to have some extra time to visit with them before they left early Monday morning.
I'm also now 36 weeks, so finally starting my 9th month- even though it somehow feels like I'm farther along. I look like I'm ready to pop!

And even though we couldn't quite capture a picture, Jacob loves to rub my belly and talk about his baby brother and give him kisses.
This picture would be so much cuter if Jacob wasn't being grumpy about having to take a picture!

Jacob really misses Erika and Tyler and keeps talking about them and the fun weekend that we had. We're glad that they have now made it to Maryland safely and that they were able to dodge all the huge storms and tornadoes along the midwest, they got lucky they didn't have any car trouble this trip, unlike at Christmas.
Anyway, now we're looking forward to when my mom comes out in 3 1/2 weeks- I love having family around to visit and help out! I wish I could see more of my family sooner but I'm so happy to have my mom come out and help with this new baby that should be coming very soon!