Early Father's Day - Lots of Pictures

Char's Day is going to be out of town for Father's Day (they're going to drive the coast highway in Washington & Oregon) the family decided to celebrate it early.  We debated about wither or not it was safe to bring Anastasia out of isolation for a day. In the end we choose to go. It turned out to be Tiny Stacy's first adventure that didn't involve the medical field in any way, shape, or form! 

Heidi knew this was a rare and special occasion; Anastasia going somewhere besides the doctors. Furthermore, this would be the first time some family members had even meet Anastasia, and this was a special dinner for Grandpa. She wanted to dress up complete with a matching bow. Well, that made me want to put Rory in his church romper which matched her dress. Luckily, Anastasia has a dress. (We really need to get that girl more 0-3 month clothes for that baby girl). Anyways, we dressed her up and found a matching bow for her, too. I had aspirations of getting a  lovely picture with the three of them together, but that didn't happen. I didn't even get two of them in the same photo. However, I did get solo pictures of the kiddos. One day I'll capture the 3 of them together. 

I discovered that packing for a visit is like packing for an army now. I also packed the kids nightclothes to put on for the trip back home, it's a tip I learned from my friend Valerie. (Which worked out great!) It was a long car ride down, however, Char has been listening to a book on tape and we got so wrapped up in it we missed our exit. Which was fine, it gave us more time to listen to the book.

Despite the minor set back we were the first ones to Grandma's house. We got to help prep the dinner. We worked on the rolls, the salad,watermelon, and the cheesy potatoes. I try to make the cheesy potatoes at home but they never seem to come out quite right. Char worked on the stakes and my piece of chicken. Heidi Anne helped by picking the strawberries from Grandma's garden. 

Then we played outside until the rest of the family came. Almost all the cousins played outside, either on the trampoline, on the swing, with a hula hoop, running around the yard, or playing with the bubble machine. 

 Sometimes they came inside to see what trouble they could get into. Here are the boys emptying the diaper bag while they think no one is watching. 

Here are the girls getting a selfie with Aunt Sarah.

Everyone got a chance to hold Anastasia, for some people it was their very first time meeting her. Here she is with Aunt Sarah. 

Here is Aunt Millie with Max cuddling our little Lady for the first time.