Visiting the Fam in Yellville

April 11, 2009

We headed to Yellville, Arkansas on Saturday morning to spend Easter with the Parker family. We had so much fun visiting and catching up, especially since we haven't been up there since Thanksgiving.

Mackenzie slept almost the entire 2 hours and 45 minutes there, so she was refreshed and ready to play as soon as we got there. We ate lunch first and then she showed everyone her tricks. Since she can crawl and pull up and sit up by herself now, she had lots to share! Nan gave her a duck as an early Easter present which she absolutely loved.

Mackenzie loves the sound ducks make! "Quack, quack"

So soft

Nan really cracks her up!

And just like that, she was ready for another nap.

...which Pops had no problem helping with while
Nan, Mommy and Aunt Nancy went to Wal-Mart.

Four generations of Parkers...

Matt decided that it was his duty to kill all of the
74,803 wasps that had made homes in the guest house.
This did not turn out well for Matt, but I will
spare him the embarrassment of the story! :)

After Mackenzie got a nap, Nan and Mommy played dress-up with her new clothes from Nan and Pops. Nan and Mommy enjoyed this MUCH more than Mackenzie did, but I have faith that she will grow into it! Then it was time to play with Papa...

Mackenzie showing Papa her crawling skills!

Checking each other out!

Mackenzie loves her Papa!

Enjoying every minute!

Do you think she gets ANY attention?
Like Papa says..."I'm just worried about her not getting any loving."

Now, it was time to dye Easter eggs!!! Unfortunately, Aunt Erin was not able to make it to Yellville this year and we were missing her the entire weekend, but especially missed her while we dyed Easter eggs with Nan.

Nan showing Mackenzie how pretty brown eggs can be when you dye them.

This one was Mommy's favorite!!

She really wanted to eat it!

We let her mouth this plastic one instead.

Trying to figure out just what's so different about this one...

Daddy loves his girl!

With all of the busy schedules for Easter weekend, we had Easter dinner on Saturday night so that all of the family would be able to get together at one time. We had delicious food at Aunt Nancy and Uncle Jesse's house and were able to visit for a few hours.

Nick, Beth, Avery and Greysen were there and it was so fun to see how big Avery and Greysen had gotten. We last saw Greysen at Thanksgiving when she was only a week old - my how quickly they grow!!

Mackenzie sharing her rattle with Greysen

It blows my mind how fast Mackenzie is growing...now she
can even decide when she doesn't want to have her picture taken!!

After readjusting, she found another distraction...her bow. "WOW!"

Look what I found, Mom!

Sweet Greysen

Eleanor, Jason, Peyton, and Jacey were also there. I think Jacey liked playing with "real-life" babies! What a beautiful girl!

Peyton and Jaycie

Mema and Greysen

What a cutie!!