First Weekend in Cedar Park- and first house guests!!!

Friday we had some very special visitors arrive!! Our first weekend in our new house (well technically Barrett's 2nd), and we already get to have our first house guests!!! Yay!!!

Aunt Patsy, Tio Sergio, and Auntie Lori drove down from El Paso for the weekend. We had an engagement party to go to on Saturday, but we got our visitors from Friday afternoon through Monday morning! Blessed!!

We met them outside right as they drove up after their 8 hour drive from El Paso!! 
Big hugs for all!!!



They brought the kids super cute little Easter goodies, including these funny masks!! Haha!

Enjoying a relaxing night eating at the house and catching up!! Yay! 

Saturday morning we had the McDonnell Egg hunt, and then we dropped the kids off at home for their rest time while we headed to a ranch about an hour north of our house to my cousin Patrick's  and Erica's engagement party!! They are the most precious couple, and we had such a wonderful time celebrating them!!!
Sunday we tried the north campus of the church we have been attending for years, the Austin Stone. And then we met back at our house- and we got to have even more family come over!!! Yay!!!  We LOVED our time together! 

These precious cousins!!! Heart-melt! My kids were in heaven with the Krancher kids!  
 
 I love that my cousin Joanna has the same line up of kids, two boys and then a girl, so I can 'see my future'!! But lately I have been noticing how similar they are to each other in the line up- like LJ and Joaquin (two oldest), Evan and Jude, and Ellie and Josephine all have extra things in common... and then Joanna sent me these pictures!! Hilarious! Love it!! What precious kiddos!!
 The baby girls!
 The two oldest!
 And the middle boys!!!
 A selfie-stick moment was a must!!! This doesn't happen nearly often enough!!!!


Sunday afternoon, we headed out on our walk a little early so we could show Aunt Patsy and Auntie Lori a little of the new 'hood!
Second play-scape we stopped at! 
Evan was so tired from skipping nap that he took Ellie's spot in the stroller and made her walk!! 

While we went for a walk, Barrett and Tio decided to try to get LJ's new bed put together... 
A couple hours later, they were still working hard- with a LOT to go!! Then McDonnells surprised us with a visit! Poor Mark was put immediately to work, but the three boys did it!!!! Yay!!!! We are so grateful!!

And all the new Star Wars bedding that Gigi got the boys (Evan has it on his bed too!!! Thank you Gigi- it's awesome!!) was a huge hit!!! LJ loves his new bed!! 
Thanks for your hard work boys!!! 


Monday morning was hectic as they were preparing to get on the road again for 8 hours, and the boys had their first day at their new school so I didn't get a good-bye picture! Guess we will need another visit SOOOOON!!! What a great way to break in our new house- loved it and so happy to have had such a full house so soon! 

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