Love in Seattle

We arrived at Mat and Stephanie's house Friday afternoon and got to meet Penny, our sweet niece born just eight weeks ago. Mat got home a few hours later from his day at work and came home to the love in the pictures below. It is so cool to watch your brother as a dad. His kids adore him.



We played hard together in Seattle...I love these kiddos so, so much! On Saturday night we sent Mat and Steph off on a date, pitched our tent in the livingroom and laughed and laughed. Claire and Simon have the best laughs...they are loud and infectious. I also had the great joy of watching their favorite movie, Eloise.





I really do wish my family all lived a bit closer. This was another wonderful family visit that left me bummed that we can't babysit for them on more Saturday nights. Claire is full of snuggles and Simon is full of nonstop insightful life narration. And Penny is full of contentment and peace. She seems like the perfect third child, sweet, easy going and pretty tolerant of loving siblings in her personal space.