A Fun Weekend

This past weekend, in honor of the twins’ baptism, my Mom’s side of the family came up for a visit! My grandparents, a Great Aunt, and my Uncle, Aunt, and two cousins came! We had a full house with fourteen people! Here are a few snapshots from our weekend together:



It doesn’t get much cuter than this! And he’s got the sweetest personality and largest vocabulary for someone his age!



Everyone enjoying our Friday night pizza-and-movie tradition.



Daddy hooked up the computer to the TV and Josiah played a round of chess against the computer. He actually won!



Mozart in the making!



Saturday afternoon, we drove to Frankenmuth to visit Bronner’s Christmas Store and eat dinner at the Bavarian Inn Restaurant. This is my cousin in front of an Easter themed tree at Bronner’s.



This picture has a story behind it: on the other side of this display is a Polar Bear. As we walked out of the store, my littlest cousin said, “Can I go love on the Polar Bear?” J



The Bavarian Inn Restaurant.



Best friends!



Our experience at the Bavarian Inn Restaurant was amazing! We had our own private room because there were so many of us. We were celebrating the twins’ baptism, and also my Grandparents 49^th wedding anniversary. The meal started off with stollen bread and butter, strawberry rhubarb jam, bean salad, chicken salad, cranberry orange salad, coleslaw, and chicken noodle soup.



Next came Jaeger schnitzel, fried chicken, dressing, carrots, mashed potatoes with gravy, and homemade noodles. We brought home at least 8 boxes of leftovers!



Everyone enjoying the meal.



For dessert we had ice cream. . .



. . .and German chocolate and vanilla cake with raspberry filling! Yes, we made a little (ok, BIG) exception to our sugar fast for the day. But that doesn’t happen often!



Afterward we visited some of the shops in the basement of the restaurant. In this picture, the kids are crowded around the souvenir flattened penny machine. I collect them from different places and everyone else wanted one too!



This is the result of too much sugar in one night! J



We were trying to get a picture on Sunday morning, but apparently the little guy was too tired and couldn’t smile!



After the twins’ baptism on Sunday, we went out to our favorite Mexican restaurant for lunch. The twins are getting ready to open some of their gifts.

 As I’m sure you can tell, we had a very good weekend together celebrating two wonderful occasions! We look forward to having another family get-together in the near future, Lord willing!