Friends!!

We were soooooo excited to have our friend, Kirsten and her two kids fly out from California to visit.  It had been almost 2 years since the last time I saw her, which is WAY too long.  Plus, I finally got to meet her little girl, and she got to meet Alia.  But most importantly, the girls got to meet each other, and Alia met her future husband. :)


We had so much fun during their visit.  We visited some of the local sites (particularly the fun kid spots), threw Alia a birthday party, and Kirsten and I had a girls night.  We had such a blast, and we miss them already!  Here's some pix from the trip,

We took them to the Life and Science Museum and Butterfly House:

Britton checking out some bugs up close.

Alia banging on some cans.  They had great fun making "music".

Britton showing off his fossil that he dug up in the fossil pit.

BFFs already!

The dinosaur walk

Then, we went to Pullen Park in Raleigh.  It had a huge playground, carousel, pond w/boats, and train that went around the park:

Kaia LOVED the carousel, she cried when it was time to get off.

Alia, not so much, she was terrified!

Boarding the train.

Swings!

The girls.

This was Alia's first time swing by herself, she LOVED it!

We were asked a couple times if the girls were twins.  Jared and Kirsten evidently made a cute family, I was the nanny behind the camera. :)

That's right, Ashworth Village!

And we took them to Duke Gardens.  Things hadn't quite bloomed yet, but it was still pretty:

Kaia loves the camera!

So does Britton!

It was so fun watching Alia walk around, she's just so tiny.

Kaia taking a break.

Me and my 2 favorite people in the world.

Some more of my favorite people!

Some fun pix from the house:

Bathtime!

They had a blast climbing all over each other on the bed.

Love how alike the girls look in their ballerina pjs!

Kirsten and I made matching dresses for the girls!  Although I had no idea that this was the first real time Kirsten worked on a sewing machine, I loved having a friend to sew with.

Girls' night with one of my besties! :)

Love ya, Reeders!  2 years is WAY too long!