West Side Visit

A week ago we made a trip to the West Side to visit Aunt K and a large portion of the E side of the family. We went to Mommy's favorite restaurant. It's a little Italian restaurant called Machiavelli. We met Aunt K an C for a nice dinner. Ari loved playing with the spoons at the restaurant and looking out the big windows at all the people walking by the restaurant. Machiavelli doesn't have any high chairs so we all took turn sitting Ari on their lap while the other people ate.

Aunt K and C in front of Machiavelli



After dinner we headed down to Gramps and G's house for the remainder of the weekend. The whole family was able to meet there and it was awesome to see everyone and the cousins had a great time with each other.

Grandpa and Gramps getting some time with Ari



Aunt M and Aunt J getting up close and personal with Ari



I always think it's hilarious how young kids will just stare at each other. Kara and Ari did a fair amount of staring while they were playing. Ari and Kara had a lot of fun watching Jana entertain everyone. Here they are on the floor sharing some toys.



At one point we managed to gather the cousins together for a group photo.



Cousin Max also visited and he joined the girls with Aunt L for a photo op.



Grandma and Ari.



And of course we can't forget that we all cheered on the Oregon State Beavers to victory on Saturday. Didn't get a picture of that one, but we were all focused.