mimi and papak came to play.

This week we marked one year in Michigan by hosting our very first T family visitors.

My mom and dad came to visit, and we sure liked having them here.

They did our laundry and cooked food and did dishes.

They got up with Carly at 6 am (!) when she decided to wake up that early.

They played with her until everyone was played out (not really . . . there's no such thing).

I was lousy at taking pictures, but I did snap a few when we showed them campus.

[Carly and Sparty . . . we'll have to take a pic like this every fall and watch her grow]

[my parents are cool.]

The highlight of our campus visit was probably feeding the ducks (though my mom did get a tres cute MSU shirt for only $5!). Carly loved watching them go crazy over the crackers. And after we fed them, of course they started following us as we walked away; Carly was hoping they'd come with us and said "Come on, quacks!".

Next time they come, we'll show them more.

We'll show them a Great Lake or two, visit Detroit, and maybe even Chicago.

There is so much about our beautiful home that we have yet to explore.

But this time was about playing.

Doing puzzles.

Cooking in Carly's kitchen.

Going on walks to the park.

Jumping.

Running.

Eating Mexican.

And Chinese.

And American.

And Mexican again.

And just looking at each other.

Thanks for coming, Mimi and Papak.

xoxo.