a visit with the Andrus’

We just spent the weekend in Salt Lake for my Grandma Flo’s funeral.  More on the funeral to come.

We stayed with our dear friends – the Andrus’.  Again.  They are always so nice to let us come and take over their entire house.

We had a good time visiting and catching up with them.  The kids played pretty well this trip – especially when we separated the older [Millie & Nate] from the younger [Tyler & Ryan].  They seemed to really enjoy each other!   I have fond memories of visiting Salt Lake City a few times a year and every visit we spent time with my parents dear friends – Babs & Steve and their three girls.  I love that Millie and Nate ask for each other in-between visits.  Nate even wrote Millie love notes before we drove up there. 

One of the best parts of our visit is that I got to meet the newest Andrus addition – six week old Brooks.  What a sweet little baby this dude is.  He never even cried the entire time we were there!  He is such a sweet little man and I loved being able to cuddle with him.  My boys LOVED him, too.  Ryan wouldn’t leave the poor guy alone and kept saying “hold baby” over and over.   They were smitten. [Don’t get any ideas.  The Griffeths love other people’s babies but we’re not ready for one here!]

When we got to Salt Lake it was surprisingly warm for January.  But on Saturday morning, we woke up to a fresh coat of snow and we loved it.  Nate LOVES to play in the snow but by now it was freezing outside so we made a trip to Walmart and got him some snow gear so he could really play.  He had a blast.  Cabin – here we come!  Nate’s ready.

Once again – great to see you Andrus family.  You’re the best.