top ten favorite things about family coming to visit this weekend:

10. having to get chairs from the garage so we can all fit around the table.
9. our new piano being played by the little ones.
8. my family not knowing that it took us a week to clean up enough for them to come over.
7. getting to say, 'this is my house, i make the rules. so get the food out of the living room.' =)
6. hearing anna mary say, 'kelly, why does ariel love us so much?'
5. cooking for 8.
4. my mom making me a birthday cake.
3. seeing my husband talking things over with my dad.
2. waking up to four smiling faces in the living room.
1. having a house that is full of laughter and enough love for the whole world.



we leave for denver tomorrow . . .