Tyler's Visit!

The weekend before this one (I'm super behind on blogging) our dear friend Tyler came to visit us in Houston! He was actually in Amsterdam for a week and then in Jerusalem for a week before flying into Houston, so he was feeling a bit jet lagged. He stayed with us Saturday through Monday before flying home to Colorado Springs. 

Before he arrived Clara took a little siesta under the rug in our living room:

And then our friends Logan, Michelle, Zacahariah and Jonah joined us for pizza and a game night. Tyler has always been one of our favorite people to play games with, and actually the last time he visited we played games with the same friends! Tradition forming :)

Clara and Riah and the itty bitties played outside for a while in the swamp of our backyard (we are in the middle of a South Texas monsoon season!)

Had some dinner:

Did a little coloring:

And then put the 4 kiddos to bed so that we could play the extended version of Settlers of Catan (cool!) and Ticket to Ride. 

On Sunday we overslept church because of the precious night's activities :-/ but enjoyed some yummy Jason's Deli with my parents. 

Emma was really warming up to Tyler :)

Then, because the rain was STILL falling, Tyler and the girls watched The Little Mermaid together :)

Yes, ladies, he's single and a catch!

Reading Batman Clara "What Do Dinosaurs Say When They Are Mad?" over and over. 

And then Tyler and Bryan were able to bond while Clara and I did some tractor crafting for her party. 

The shirt I "painted" with fabric markers, modeled by Clara:

Monday we ended up hanging out and then going over to my parents' place for a little while before Tyler had to catch his flight. 

And then they wouldn't let the plane fly because of the weather so Bryan actually picked Tyler up and we had another night with him! Emma and I had fun with Tyler before we took him to the airport for round 2 on Tuesday. There was still flooding but it was considered safe to fly so we had to say bye for real that time :(

So much fun to see you, Tyler!!! Thank you for coming to see us!