visitors!

Derick's niece, Deja, and her husband, Josh, recently adopted a baby girl, Alaya. We hadn't met little Alaya yet and were dying to. Well, Josh works for an airline, and so he gets free flights! They were able to come out and see us last week and it was so fun!! They got in Wednesday (Sept. 5) and stayed until Saturday morning. We didn't do a whole lot while they were here, but we had fun relaxing and just hanging out together.

On Thursday, Deja, Josh and I took Lincoln and Alaya to the duck pond on campus while Derick had to get some work done. The kiddos were so funny with the ducks! Alaya grabbed one, and others were chasing Lincoln while he was walking around with his snack (cashews). We had fun feeding the ducks, having a little picnic, and enjoying the beautiful weather.

On Friday afternoon, we all headed over to the Cascades. We didn't do the full 5-mile hike, but hiked in about 1/4 mile or so and found a good little spot to splash in the water. The water was freezing, but it was so fun and the scenery can't be beat. Lincoln LOVES going here. He loves the water, and throwing rocks.

Lincoln and Alaya playing together.

We had such a fun time, you guys! Thank you SO MUCH for coming to see us!