Visit from the Perkins fam- minus Uncle John

My sister, Lindsay, and kiddos Eva and Sheperd came for a visit this past week and a good time was had by all. The kids had tons of fun playing with each other and Lindsay and I got to have some good sister time too. Here's the quick run-down of our time together:
Move night for the kids- Jackson calls it a "dark movie" since we turn all the lights off to make it more theater like. Snow White was on TV so we popped some popcorn and made an evening of it. We had a couple of decent days, so we headed to the park. It was a little wet and sloppy, but the kids didn't care at all. Deacon thoroughly enjoyed his first ride on the swing...

Our church had our annual Pinewood Derby, so the kids all got to race a car. Some of the races went better than others, but Jackson got third place in the open division!

Linds and the kids left this morning so this next couple of days could be lonely at our house. Thanks for braving the drive on your own, Linds! Love you all!

Last week at the Vogels...

Most mornings, this is the picture that greets me when I go into Deacon's room. Jackson used to come right into our room to wake me up when he woke up, but now if he hears Deacon, he makes a detour and decides to go play with him. I can hear them through the monitor and it's quite entertaining. Jackson gets all the toys in Deacon's room and puts them in the crib and then climbs in to play. I promise Deacon enjoys it a lot more than it looks in these pictures. This was actually the first morning I found them like this and when I walked in they were playing sweetly. Then, of course, I had to run and get the camera and he didn't like it that I left. And you may notice that Deacon is wearing the same clothes in both pictures which shows that he didn't get his clothes changed for at least 36 hours (probably longer honestly). My theory is if it doesn't have poop on it, it's clean. There you have it.

And the excitement of the week was Todd's birthday on the 3rd! The kids and I had a fun day getting things ready to surprise Daddy with a cake and balloons and his birthday presents. Jackson really got into the whole thing, which was fun and nice to see that he enjoyed it even though he wasn't the one getting the presents. He did have a little trouble with wanting to eat the cake that we made before Todd woke up, but I explained that we had to wait until we could sing Happy Birthday to Daddy. And then I left the cake on the table and went to go put Deacon to bed. When I came back I noticed that I should have been more specific and told him that he couldn't LICK the cake either. Nice. Live and learn, I guess.

Happy Birthday Babe! I love you this much <----------->! Enjoy your guilt-free golf!