Grandboys Galore

The Excell family came to visit and we were SO HAPPY!!!

We hadn't yet met the newest addition to their family, Jonah. He came at just the right age where he'd learned to smile, but he was still tiny enough to feel like I hadn't totally missed his newborn stage of life.

Lincoln was a little leery about having Glen hold him for the photo, so Sarah strategically captured his image in the mirror so all four of the grandboys (as Glen calls them) are in the picture with us.

Lincoln and I were pretty good buddies before I abandoned him a year ago. He definitely seemed to remember me. There is one thing different about him. He talks now. I am not used to all the words he says now.

Despite his vast vocabulary, he really struggled with differentiating between which one of us is grandpa and which one is grandma.

Pretty much every day he called me grandpa whenever he wanted to get my attention. It didn't matter. His adorableness and baby talking voice made me so happy he was willing to talk so freely around us.

Since the Excells arrived on Sunday, it seemed very fitting that we served them our traditional Sunday roast beef dinner.

Eli demonstrated the art of soccer ball kicking to his dad out in the back yard.

Lincoln promptly sat himself down in the middle of the greenery.

Baby/grandson snuggle time was my favorite out in the back yard.

It was Father's Day, so we facetimed with Jacob's family.

 Once all the little boys were in bed, it was prime time to bring out my favorite game--Qwirkle!!!

Breakfast time meant French toast time. None of our visitors were going to turn down that delicacy.

What a cute baby!! And daddy!!

Eli and Carson enjoyed the great outdoors as they were coloring on the front porch.

We had a fun activity planned. In Oceanside. At the beach.

It involved a rental.

Of a gigantic double surrey bicycle.

It was a lot of fun!!!

Lincoln had the best seat up front.

After we were tired of pedaling, it seemed only right to take a few minutes to let the boys play on the playground.

We walked out on the pier and looked at all the surfers in the ocean.

And there goes Carson...waaaaay up ahead of us.

Since it was a Monday, that means letter day for the mission president. Glen spent as much time as he could squeeze in his office trying to get all the missionaries' letters read and answered despite the cute distractions all around him.

Success!! He completed the letters!!