A Visit From Ryan's Family

Ryan's brother Tyler and his family came to visit us from Minnesota last week. Tyler is not only Ryan's brother but his best friend so he was looking forward to this visit for months. We don't get to see them very often so we like to take advantage of every minute we can be with them. We weren't sure they were going to come until the last minute because Tyler's wife, AnnaMarie, is pregnant with twin boys and was 32 weeks along. But her doctor checked everything out and gave her the okay to come. Here is Ryan with Tyler.

The day they arrived we had a big family party at Bounce U to celebrate our nephew Jaxon's birthday. Ryan's brother Scott and his family also came in town for the weekend to celebrate so all of Ryan's family was there except for his parents who are still in China. Here are some of the cousins waiting for the party to start.
Everyone had so much fun. Peyton loved being able to spend time with her cousins Makenna and Aurora. Here she is going down the big slide with Makenna.
Hailey was lucky enough to get Aunt Erin to slide down with her.
Alexis loved every minute of the party. Just look at that big smile.
I am pretty sure Ryan and his siblings had more fun than the kids did. They raced each other up and down the slides and had boxing matches. I think the workers were shocked that adults could act that way (it is not shocking to those of us who know the Ferrell children!). Even his 2 pregnant sisters raced each other and slid down on their belly's to try to win (luckily they aren't too far along so it didn't harm their babies!).

On Sunday we had the whole family over for a Super Bowl party and enjoyed eating and watching the game while the kids played. The rest of the week was spent just relaxing and enjoying the beautiful weather. AnnaMarie made fresh squeezed lemonade with the girls a few times while she was here (we have a huge lemon tree outside that was in desperate need of a trim and a good picking, thanks Tyler for doing it).
Alexis enjoyed playing with Katie and Jane and the girls especially loved sitting together and playing the iPad when we would let them.
We also spent lots of time playing outside and going to the park. Since they live in Minnesota they thought it felt like summer since it was in the 70s every day they were here.
The last day before they left Ryan and Tyler decided to live out a dream of theirs, to deep fry a turkey. I wasn't too excited about the idea (maybe that is a little understatement) but they went ahead and did it. In the end it turned out great and tasted great too. And they were so happy and pleased with themselves.
I am so glad we could spend a week with Tyler and AnnaMarie and we can't wait to see them again in July for our big Ferrell Family Reunion.