My brother-in-law from NC came to visit last week with his two children. We had so much fun!

I made them ice cream cone cupcakes the first day they came. They love those and when they came to visit last time they made me promise to make them the next time they came to visit us.

Then the boys harassed my poor niece for a little while. Though she's as rough as they are! You wouldn't know who was who if she wasn't always in a dress!

Then they played and we did a few crafts. Ioulia wanted me to teach her how to knit...She mostly just tangled herself in yarn but I think its good for her to get used to holding the needles in her hands and I'm all for teaching them young! :)

We all went to church Sunday morning and then we took them to the childrens museum for some educational fun.

Ioulia and I doing crafts in the childrens center of the museum

The good Baba's helping them do puzzles. That is my brother-in-law hiding from the camera :)

I told DH this next photo reminds me of him while I was in Ohio. He was always complaining about not having home-cooked meals while I was gone and that he was getting too skinny. LOL.

After the museum we took them for ice cream and picked up some pizza to take home for dinner that night.

It was so nice having them around! DH and I are taking the boys to the Smoky Mountains next week and we'll probably stop in NC to see them for a couple of days before heading back home.

There were lots of hugs before they left and we can't wait to see them again soon!