We were so lucky to have the entire Calder clan come and visit us for a few days.
They flew in late Tuesday night and I willed the my non-night owl self to stay awake to see them.
Wednesday
I drove around with them to show them around.
We went to Ryan's work and walked around by the lake.
We were sure to stop at Panera and Qdoba for lunch.
That afternoon we all decided to follow Jake's example and take a much needed nap.
After that the boys worked on some prep work for our concrete project later that week.
Thursday
Ryan took work off, so he and his dad worked on getting all the supplies needed for the concrete.
They also prepped the whole front walk with gravel and putting in the forms.
The rest of us did some playing.
We went to Land of the Giants Pumpkin Farm where Jake was throughly frightened by an extremely loud donkey.
We also stopped at Apple Holler for some apple cider doughnuts.
That afternoon we went out to help the guys and they even helped us rake leaves.
Seriously, how did I get so lucky in the in-law department?
Jake loved to help put leaves into the bag even if it was only one at a time!
Friday
Since the concrete wasn't coming until tomorrow we spent the day playing.
That morning we went to Cafe Benelux for breakfast and stuffed our faces with delicious food.
In the afternoon we toured the Sprecher's Brewery and sampled all their delicious sodas.
We tried out the Motor Restaurant at Harley Davidson for dinner.
Saturday
Today was the big day.
Everyone was so helpful and spent almost the entire day finishing the front walk.
It was raining so they set up tarps and were such troopers crawling around under them.
We wanted to put Jake's foot print in and when we tried he started bawling.
I don't know what he didn't like about it but he was miserable.
The concrete turned out amazing and it's going to make shoveling so much easier this winter!
The Calder's had to leave just before dinner.
We loved having them here but next time I think they need to stay for a couple weeks!
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