Surprise...we came to Gilmer early!!!

After eating dinner on Thursday, March 10th, we loaded everything that we needed for a weekend trip to Gilmer and hit the road at around 9pm. We arrived at Pops and Kiki's house after 11pm and went straight to bed. Luckily, the kids slept the whole way to Gilmer and they both went to sleep as soon as we got into bed.

Brent started building a swing set Friday morning and I got the kids ready to meet Neena for lunch at Papacita's. I usually love that place but for some reason it didn't hit the spot and I'm not sure if it was the chips or the salsa or maybe both. Then, we went to her office to meet all of her co-workers plus see the super cute dogs, Charlie and Louis. They are well-groomed Shih Tzu's and Beck told us that he gave them candy which was really dog treats. All of the ladies fell in love with Beck and Kinsey. Afterwards, Neena wanted to show me the really cute boutique where she finds Kinsey's clothes and I love the name of it...Polka-Tots. I'm pretty sure Neena enjoyed her two-hour lunch break and the kids were ready to take a nap at this point so we hit the road back to Gilmer. They both fell asleep as soon as I hit the road. I was able to put Kinsey in the pack n play to finish her nap but Beck would not go to sleep so we knew he would be super tired especially after staying up late playing with Noah.

Beck took his trains and I took the monitor outside to help Brent finish building the swing set. Of course we had to bust out the golf cart and take it for a ride many times that afternoon. Once Kinsey woke up, we enjoyed the beautiful weather and the brand new swing set! Luckily, Casey's Grandma came in town from FL so he did not come to Bishop Playhouse which is why we were able to sneak off early. Otherwise, Brent would have spent all day Saturday building the swing set and we wouldn't have been able to see the boys enjoy it.

We were so excited to see Noah when Pops and Kiki finally arrived. Since daylight savings time changed, it gets dark much later now and the boys were able to play before eating dinner. Willow enjoyed playing with them too! I can already tell this is going to be a fun-filled weekend!

After playing, we ate dinner at La Finca and Brent had to sit in between the boys because they kept fighting over helicopters and trains. I tried a new entree and loved it! I finally fulfilled my Mexican food craving. It was cheese enchiladas topped with fajita beef...delicious!

We put the tent in the living room once we got home and the boys had so much fun playing in that thing! Then, the tickle monster (aka Pops) tickled them to death. They also tossed every pillow from the sofa on the floor and said it was mud as they were falling on the pillows.

Kinsey looks so cute in the skeleton pj's that Aunt Katherine gave us. She tries to keep up with the big kids and I have a feeling that she's going to be one tough cookie!