The Miskin Family

My sister-in-law  Ashley (Derricks wife) and my nephew Drew came for a visit this past weekend. Ashley came to visit her best friend, and help her friends sister get some things ready for her wedding. We were so excited that they were going to stay with us! Drew and Ashley came in late Thursday night, after the kids were all in bed, so Trent and I had fun  just visiting with Ashley that night.

In the morning, Tanner didn’t have school, and so we all got to stay home and hang out with Drew! Lucky for us, it also snowed about 6 inches that night, so we were able to go play (and it was great snowman building snow, which you don’t often get in Utah). Drew, being the warm climate baby he is, was not so sure about the snow, but loved being outside wearing “booties” and gloves. Don’t you think Drew could be my fourth child?

My kids, being the Utah babies they are, loved it, and probably could have played for hours.

The rest of the day we just hung out. Drew wore his “booties” all day, and at one point he traded his snow boots in for Natalya’s zebra striped boots. He also pushed the pink stroller around all day (something we can tease him about when he is older). Drew loves wearing his helmet, motorcycles and Handy Manny, so we heard a lot about those all day. The happiest moment was when Drew realized one of Tanner’s galactics had a removable helmet. Later that night, Ashley went out to a movie with her friends, and Trent helped Drew fall asleep by rocking him, it was pretty cute.

On Saturday Ashley and Drew both left in the morning, so we just did our thing until later in the afternoon. That night we had pizza for dinner, and then headed to Walmart for some fun shopping. We bought some yummy things for Sunday dinner, and also some motorcycle toys for Drew. After the kids were in bed, Ashley “babysat” while Trent and I were able to go out on a little date!

On Sunday we had church, and for dinner we had my brother Steven and his family over for dinner and to visit with Ashley and Drew. We had an awesome Cafe Rio style dinner (way better then Cafe Rio though) and doughnuts holes and brownies with ice cream for dessert. It was fun to watch the kids play, and we were able to sort of get a picture of them all (the the Fulkerson grandchildren minus one: Ariana). That night Drew came down with a really high fever, and we were all pretty worried. Luckily, he was able to sleep it off!

Also that night, the kids all played on the blow up mattress and had a blast. Tanner would jump and bounce the other kids. They were all giggling and laughing, it was so cute!

Monday it was time for Ashley and Drew to leave. The kids were all really sad. Tanner had a fun time with Drew (I think he was pretending he had a little brother), and Nadia loved Drew. By the end of their visit, Nadia was Drew’s shadow.  When Tanner came home from school that day, I think she thought it was Drew, she got really excited and then looked disappointed when she realized it was Tanner. She also loved Ashley, and actually threw a fit when Ashley put her down and I tried to pick her up!

We were so glad they were able to come for a little visit, and we look forward to our visit with them in just a few weeks!