Henshaw's Visit!

When we got home from the family reunion on Sunday we realized that the air conditioner was not working.  This was a very sad realization since it has been so hot!  It was 89 degrees in the house.  I took a long, cold bath that night and planned to sleep in the basement, but luckily a storm blew in and we opened up all the windows and doors to cool things off. 

It was really annoyingly bad timing though because we were having some very important visitors!  The Henshaw family came to visit for a couple of days!  They extended their trip and came all the way up to Salt Lake to visit with some friends in Willard and spend some extra time with us.  We have never had them visit before and the boys were super excited to have their cousins come and see their house and play with them.

Talia finally warmed up to her cousins after seeing them at the wedding and the family reunion.  She even snuggled up to Mimi for morning cartoons on Tuesday.  :)

They got here late Monday afternoon after a long day of sightseeing at Temple Square and BYU campus.  We relaxed (in the hot house) and Brad and Mel came over for pizza and to hang out.  The kids all slumber partied it up in the basement while the men-folk went to see the new Batman movie and us women-folk got shakes and visited until very late. 

Tuesday morning we hung around the house waiting for the A/C workmen to come and replace our system, but they never showed.  It was annoying, but the kids had a blast playing in the backyard.  We finally gave up on the workers showing up.  We fed everyone lunch then headed out to the dino museum at Thanksgiving Point.  We decided to let the kids to the Jr. Paleo lab where they got to use different techniques to make/work on fossils.  Rachel and Davin did a fossil mold while the big kids prepared a fish fossil using an air scribe tool.  It was a fun souvenir and didn't take too long to do.

 

 

 

I got a call saying the workers were ready to install the new A/C (of course) so Joy took the bigger kids through the museum while I took Talia home to nap while I "supervised" the A/C workers.  It worked out ok and the house was finally pleasant again when everyone got home!  That night we had a BBQ and watched some comedy. 

Wednesday morning the Henshaw's loaded up and headed home.  We were sad to see them go and hope they will come back again someday.  The boys are still saying how much they miss their cousins, although Davin says he does not want to sleep in the basement again.  :) Thanks for the fun visit Henshaw's!