Thanks for Visiting, Harmonica!

On Tuesday we had to say good-bye to my sister Monica who was visiting us for a couple of weeks. We really enjoyed her visit, and Eli began including her as part of the family. He made up this silly chant that included Daddy, Mommy, Eli, and Harmonica (as he calls her). He still tries to include her in his conversation even though she's no longer with us. In fact, when I came home from dropping her off at the airport, he excitedly opened the door for me and asked where Harmonica was. When I explained that she was on an airplane going home, he asked if he could go outside so he could look up and find her plane. Needless to say, he was a little sad that she left.

We had a lot of fun while she was here though. Below are pictured some of the fun things that we did. We went to Space Center Houston (Eli has wanted to be an astronaut ever since) and Brazos Bend State Park, where we love to see the wild alligators. Josh was able to come with us for those. He couldn't go with us when we visited Galveston, but Monica really enjoyed collecting the numerous seashells on the beach and seeing the many jellyfish that had washed ashore, and Eli loved digging in the sand. We went to Hermann Park as well as some smaller parks near where we live. I didn't get any pictures of those, but I know that Monica sure did. :-) And of course we went to Zoo Boo and the church trunk or treat as was mentioned and pictured in the previous post.

It was great to visit with her and give us reason to visit some of those places again. We sure do miss seeing our families often.