more buddies:)

The Hammers were in town for Brian's brother's half Ironman a few weeks ago.  Kate and Lincoln are such good friends and they have a lot of fun together.  Saturday night, we had dinner with all of our Hope friends in town.  Kate got her first major head bump when Lincoln threw the little bocce ball and hit her in the forehead...oops! She healed extremely fast, though.  Over the course of the night, we had 7 cute little munchkins here:)

Sunday was Ben's race, so we didn't see them very much.  But on Monday, while Brian was at work, Jill and I took the kiddos to the zoo.  Kids + animals + room to run is always a lot of fun.  Until the meltdowns start.  We had a bit of a rough drive home, but everything was better once they had food in their bellies and naps.  We were sad to say goodbye after dinner on Monday, but it was time for all of the kids to get back into their own beds and routines.

snuggles with Brian:)

hugs for the penguins

BEARS!

checking out the camels

hugs for Graham!

Kate playing with Graham buddy