Bryce came to visit!

Bryce came all the way from Las Vegas just to come visit us. As luck would have it, the timing worked out so well that he was able to attend a work conference while he was here too. But I'm pretty sure we're the real reason he came out here. Bryce feels very strongly that siblings should visit siblings on the east coast and he certainly would never give anyone, especially his littlest sister, a hard time about not visiting him enough while he lived in New York. We had a grand old time while he was here. For those of you who don't know Bryce well I'll sum him up for you. Bryce happens to think he's very funny, he loves to share his oso humble opinion about everything, he loves to tease, he's not afraid to honk the horn for me when I'm driving, he's quite the story teller but happens to leave out key details and he is always great company to have around. Unless you ask Jeannie. She may have a different opinion. 

We went to the Udvar Hazy Museum which Bryce absolutely LOVED!  He was like a kid in a candy store.

The space shuttle is HUGE and pretty amazing to see

Connor's just putting out the vibes

We celebrated Jared's birthday with cake and ice cream.  Don't look too close at the cake.  It's not my best work but it did taste good and that's what really matters.

Bryce had one goal on his trip.  To get Connor to smile.  As Bryce put it, "not only did I get him to smile, not only did I get him to giggle, not only did I get him to laugh, I got him to belly laugh."  Connor thought it was so funny when Bryce popped his tongue.    

There's a funny story surrounding this picture.  We meet Bryce downtown one night to check out the memorials and as soon as we meet up it started to sprinkle.  So we sat at a bench under a tree to wait out the rain.  We waited and played and it started raining a little harder but we still waited and played.  Soon it was a complete downpour.  After 20 minutes everyone was completely soaked so we decided to make a run for it to the car, which happened to be a ways away.  It was raining so hard the side walk was one big puddle and the wind was blowing so much you could hardly see where you were going.  Connor loved all this by the way.  We ended up going to Bryce's hotel where Bryce was nice enough lend us some t-shirts (he was a little worried we might stretch them out, but let us wear them anyway) and dried Connor's clothes with a hair dryer.  It was quite the unexpected adventure but I have to say it was rather fun.  As Jeannie would say, "it's all about creating memories."