Three cheers for visitors!!!!

This spring has been flying by in our house. We have been lucky to have a lot of visitors come to town. The beginning of March brought Matt's sister Courtney and her busy bunch of kids for a week. Wheeler was in heaven, and we packed the week with ton of activities including a first trip to the splash park. The homegrown Texans were looking at us like we were nuts. I guess 75 degrees is only hot enough for crazy Canadians to bust out their swimsuits. And by those terms it looks like Wheeler is a Texan after all. He said "it not sunny enough" and was content to watch Sam and Sophie get wet. Here are a few pictures from our week.

Movie Night at Grandma & Papa's.

For Christmas 2011 all the grand kids got their own Ipods... they are hilarious to watch playing on them, and are clearly all hooked.  I guess at least they all play on them alone, together...

Walking to the park with my little buddy.

Crazy kids!

Best buds. Poor tiny Daphne is 7 months older than Wheelie and he is at least 3 inches taller and 15 pounds heavier. Occasionally he tried boss her around, but in the end her sweetness won him over and he was just happy to be her buddy and hold her hand. 

  Court and I are both pregnant and due within a week of each other the end of summer. This is how we felt about being in our first trimesters of pregnancy and chasing after crazy kids all week!

The following weekend Matt's other sister Megan and cousin Kelly came to town. We hit some yummy restaurants and suckered kind Meg into babysitting on her vacation. It was fun to see them both and catch up on their busy lives!

Cousin Kelly (Meg was camera shy, so no pics documenting her trip)

Shortly after our Swan visitors left, we had my sister Jill and her family come to visit for a week! Their visit was equally packed with fun outings, including a trek to the zoo, splash park, an Astros baseball game, and a 2 day trip down to San Antonio! We had been planning on taking Wheeler down to Sea World in San Antonio for a while, and were excited to get there before the baby arrives. Here are some pictures from our little getaway!

 We stayed at the historical Emily Morgan, which is said to be one of the most "haunted hotels" in the USA. It is right across the street from the Alamo and was used as a hospital in the 1920's. We didn't see any ghosts, but it sure was pretty!

Daddy and Wheels posing at the Alamo.

Daddy chasing Wheeler off the "do not walk on the grass" grass at the Alamo.

The Flockhart's first visit to the Alamo. The day we got there it was over 90 degrees. I think maybe a little bit of getting used to for our Utahans.

Excited about the "big gun".

A Riverwalk boat ride

My favorite video from our Sea World trip... Wheeler and Ella feeding fish to the Dolphins

Shamu (or "shampoo" as Wheeler calls him)

Rides at the Elmo world area

Matt won the dad of the week award as he chased Wheeler around and around the climbing park with huge sections of tiny tunnels he had to sqeeze through. 

Tired, but happy after a long day! 

A huge THANK YOU to all of our visitors over the last +month. We had a great time visiting with everyone, and appreciate your love and efforts to come all the way to Houston to see us! Thank you for helping our spring go by so quickly... time flying is a priceless gift when you are pregnant!