Last weekend our good friends, the Eckley's, came to visit! We have known them forever and just love it when we get to visit with them!! They were so sweet to come down for a long weekend and we got to do all sorts of fun things.
Friday we started with a trip to the Exploruem (sceience museum) in downtown Mobile. It was great!! The kids had the best time exploring the body, how things worked and playing in the special kids area.
All loaded up and ready to go! On the way to and from the Explorium poor Matt sat in the middle seat with the girls so that Emily and I could ride together up front. I will have to say that LOVE having a big car. All 7 of us were able to ride together and we even had room for one more.
The girls are helping me make the pendulm swing...they are doing a great job, right!
Tug boat Master Ben
Captain Emily
We decided we would go local and eat at Cousin Vinny's Pizza for dinner in downtown Daphne. Then we ventured over to play at a park. All the kids enjoyed running around, going down the slide and swinging.
No visit with the Eckleys is complete with out games! In all the years of knowing them, and it has been quite a few, I don't think Brad and I have EVER beat them at Trivial Pursuit. Shoot, I don't know even know if we have given them a run for their money. Well, Friday night the tides turned and we WON!! A first for us! Needless to say we were tickled and proud, so we had to get a picture.
Saturday was filled with swimming and grilling out - Saturday staples at the Wright house! The Eckley's knew to bring their swimsuits and their appetites!
After nap the kids enjoyed watching cartoons. Sweet Ben let Paige sit with him.
How cute are these 2 girls!?! It cracks me up how much Emily and I think alike - we didn't even know we had bought the girls the same dress until we got to talking after we bought them (turns out we bought another dress the same for the fall).
The Eckley Family
After supper we went to Alligator Alley (I think that is the name). It is this neat boardwalk thing where you can walk and look for alligators. We saw a couple of gators! I guess it helped that a guy was feeding them marshmellows - ha!
Up close and personal!
The kids were all so great! I think one of the highlights for Ben and Kate, and probably Paige too, was playing with our Mardi Gras beads. I loved how they would dump the bag and have the best time! Madi even got in on a little of the action.
I thought this picture was too cute - the girls are deep in conversation.
Sunday morning we made it to church. Shoot, we even made it early despite the torential downpour just seconds before we walked in. Yay us - us Wright's are never on time, or so it seems.
We were sad to see our weekend together end, but I know we all had a great time and can't wait to do it again!!! Thank you Eckley's for coming to visit!
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