Visitors!

Mom, Dad, Grandpa, and Grandma came for a visit last week over Mom's spring break. It was Grandma and Grandpa's first time out here, and we had so much fun showing them around the area and letting them see where we live.
We enjoyed a delicious breakfast at Ruby's on the end of the pier at Seal Beach on Saturday morning. We had fantastic weather nearly every day, despite the predictions for clouds and rain. Following breakfast, we drove to Orange to see the Crystal Cathedral.
Following church on Sunday, we headed out for a drive and saw the Cathedral, Disney Hall, Hollywood, the many theaters in Hollywood, Rodeo Drive, UCLA, and more. It was quite the tour led by Noel!
Mom, Dad, Grandma, and Grandpa headed to the Santa Barbara area on Monday and Tuesday, where they ate on the pier, visited the courthouse and mission, stayed in Solvang (a Danish town), and had their first LA driving experience.
Noel and I have HATED the flooring in our kitchen from the day we moved into our apartment 2 and 1/2 years ago. Fuller is not the best at replacing things, so we decided to do a few home improvements ourselves. The old flooring was incredibly scratched and stained and no matter how much or how hard we scrubbed, it always looked dirty. New floors will make cleaning more worthwhile!
Wednesday was the last day the family was here, and Dad and Grandpa decided to help us out with our new floor. We are SO thankful for their help! It turned out to be a bigger project than we anticipated (which, we have learned, is the case with ANY home improvement project).
Above is a picture of Dad and Grandpa prepping the floor while Noel was at a church meeting. Mom and Grandma played games, and I worked.

Noel, Grandpa and Dad, laying the first strip of tiles (after a slight cutting mistake).

Noel putting in the final piece. Yippee!

After enjoying a nice dinner of pizza and beer at Manny's, and dessert at 21 Choices, we headed home and showed the fam all about the Wii. We have wanted to get my dad playing the handbells on Wii Music for a long time (since he plays in church). He was a great coach for Grandpa. Grandma was a natural, and mom caught on quite quickly, too!

As you can see, we had LOTS of big laughs over this.
Grandpa was a natural at tennis.

We're so thankful that they took the time to visit us. It's so fun for us to show people where and how we live. Thanks for coming, family!