Rare Night

My sister, Kali, had the brilliant idea to invite Grandpa Steve to her house for a vacation away from Minnesota. He was really happy about the idea of traveling since he hadn't traveled in a long time. He joined me and my kids as we drove back from Minnesota, then continued on to Kali's house.

My aunt Sara lives in Pennsylvania and doesn't get to MN very often to visit her dad. Kali told her about his visit, and Sara and Wayne decided to make the trip to Kali's house, too. I couldn't pass up a chance to visit with everyone there, either. It was a really great night.

Sara and Wayne are totally cute. I felt uplifted and edified by the evening. There was a lot of good conversation, good food, laughter, contentment, and bonding. Sara taught me how to speak egg talk, a secret language she used to speak with her sister. I need to write the rules down somewhere secret so I can work on it for our next visit.

The kids were mostly happy to play with each other. I really liked this moment, where Henry crawled into the chair next to Josh to read some Harry Potter.

All the adults are pictured above. Grace's face expression is pretty awesome. She's such a goofy ham!

Another thing that made the night rare is that I got this adorable photo of Josh. In my years of taking pictures at family events, all my pictures of Josh have him either with eyes closed or he's not smiling. Hooray for fun nights with family!