Schrag Visit

We always have a wonderful time when Ben's parents visit from Illinois. They were at our place at Christmas when there was snow on the ground. Now we were busy spending nearly all our time outside enjoying the warm sunshine!

 We also made the trip south of Wichita to visit Ben's aunt Susan. She's planning to move away and we wanted to make sure to see her before she left. As always, fun discoveries were made at her lovely farm - mowing with a reel mower ( it's more challenging than Noah expected!) and we picked several containers of beautiful ripe strawberries.

 But the best part was getting to sit down and visit with Susan. We didn't stay long, she was supposed to be packing not sitting around visiting. All the best to you Susan as you move into your next adventure!

 The next afternoon was dedicated to fishing. A friend of ours allowed us to fish in his pond and we had a fantastic time!

 The boys kept their grandpa very busy, but I don't think he'd have it any other way. Tim loves to fish and he loves to share this past time with his grandsons.

 Ben kept busy fishing too while Sue and I lent a hand here and there to help with the boys.

 We caught lots of fish which helped to keep the boys' attention. The sun was beating down on us and we'd forgotten sunscreen and/or hats, but that didn't bother the boys.

 I was impressed with how long they stuck with it.

 There was lots of teaching going on...

 And finally, the photo that Tim has been waiting to see:

When Tim was taking the hook out of this fish, he saw one crawdad claw in its mouth. He pulled on it and out came that crawdad! The boys were pretty impressed - that fish wasn't even done swallowing his first catch when he moved on to the next. Too bad for him the next crawdad was a lure and not the real deal.

It's always good to share some of our day-to-day lives with Tim and Sue. We live at such a distance that we simply have to make the most of our times together. We pack the days full and try to enjoy each minute. The boys just eat up the attention and try their best to show their grandparents all their toys and more. We're looking forward to hosting them in our new house the next time they come to visit!