Meservy Girls Visit the Windy City

We've had a real treat these past couple of days of having all three of Chris' sisters visit us! I decided I don't need one nanny, I need three and they all need to be these girls:

Bailey, Ashley, Mallory

They too decided it's nice to have three of them. One can play with the boys and exhaust themself then switch off with another sister to rest while the boys go full steam ahead. How do I do it they asked? I don't! The boys simply have more fun when company is around and are sad when they leave:(

While they've been here they've mainly played with the boys and we've managed to fit shopping in on magnificent mile and the zoo. While at home Jared has enjoyed playing Candy Land, Simon Says, and doing homework with Bailey (he sat by her doing his "homework" for well over 10 mins if not 20. During which he innocently asked Bailey, "Can I keep my homework? I don't want to turn it in.)While they were here we enjoyed good food, home cooked and eat out. We tried a new place, Smoke, suggested by friends and loved it, and of course took them to Unos for my favorite pizza here four cheese and pesto, YUM!We also went to the zoo, did more shopping, tried to work off the food to p90x ab ripper, and played games together. These girls love our boys so much and we really will miss them already! When I picked up Jared from his friends after dropping the girls off at the airport he told his friends, "I'm going to see my aunts!" He wasn't too happy when I explained they had to go home. Please come back often!

Baillie and State

This last weekend we got to go to go up to Idaho and watch Chris' little sister play basketball in Boise. We left on Wednesday and hit the bad storm that had several kids stuck at school and travelers stuck at the Maverick at Thanksgiving Point. We left early enough to miss that part but not soon enough to make it through the Idaho/Utah border. Luckily I have a sister who lives in Tremonton so we got to stay with her! What a treat! Just that day I had been talking to Chris asking if we'd ever stay at Angela's house because she was so close to home and we assumed we just may never get that opportunity. Well, I'm glad we got to stay Wednesday night. Jared loved playing with his cousins and I loved visiting with my sister.

I may be biased but I think they could've gone really far if they had better coaching. I could ramble on about what I disliked about their coaching but I'll leave that one alone. All I can say is I'm looking forward and at the same time not looking forward to my kids entering the sports world. I hope I never embarrass my kids, I can be really competitive at times and I've already seen the mama bear want to come out sometimes when another child is mean to mine! Watch out!!! Below are some pictures and highlights of our trip.