Acker Country Living: Visitors and Mother's Day and More Visitors!

We had a great time with PopPop and Dizzy at the end of last month! I invited Mom to go to a Beth Moore conference with me nearby, so she and Dad came up for the week. Of course, Susannah and John had a blast! Even now, weeks later, when Sus gets upset about something, she will often cry and cry and then state boldly through her tears, "Susannah go airport right NOW! Go PopPop-Dizzy house right NOW!" Can't blame her!

For Mother's Day this year, I was thankful to do some fun stuff with the kids and Pete without having to cook dinner or change diapers. (Pete normally takes on the latter task when he's home anyway, but that combined with no dinner prep was the best!) Pete and Sus fixed me a special dinner and a special dessert, which entailed all the best homemade carnival food a gal could ask for! Pete killed a turkey last week, and the best way to eat wild turkey is deep-fried, so while the oil was hot, he dropped everything in, including a funnel cake for dessert! It was delicious, but you better believe Pete and I took the kids for a long walk after dinner. I have the sweetest babes (hubs included) and am so thankful to be the mommy of this house!

This week was extra special because we had some surprise visitors -- Hudson, Holland, Hendricks, and Lauren came in town! It was nonstop energy and fun the whole week, and we were so sad to see them go. A few cute and/or funny things from this week:

Hendricks called me "TayTay." His first attempt at naming me confused me with my twin. ;)
Holland taught Susannah a new dance move at church on Wednesday that some like to call "dropping it like it's hot."
Last night, Hudson stayed outside with Pete until dark shooting bows and talking man stuff, so Sus and Dutch went to bed earlier than him, where Sus was in bottom bunk and Dutch was on the floor. Hud had been sleeping on top bunk, so when Sus realized that the lights were out and Hudson wasn't in bed yet, she was DEVASTATED. When Hudson heard her crying for him, he got the sweetest smile and ran to the room, poked his head in, and said, "I'm coming, Susannah! It's okay, I'm coming! I just have to brush my teeth!" Sus immediately got quiet and all was well. They are just so sweet to each other, it's adorable.
Holland told me to take another shower last night because I smelled like Uncle David.

Lots of pictures!