We had our friends, the Khans and the Shaffers come up one weekend to visit mid-December. We were really looking forward to having Christopher and Nicholas together again, they haven't seen each other since we went to the beach in August and we were all looking forward to seeing John and Lisa and meet their newest addition, Sonora. Burt, Melissa and Nicholas arrived Friday afternoon and the boys immediately hit it off and started chasing each other down the sidewalk on their bikes and playing golf in the front yard. That night we were going to take them to see the Christmas lights at the Botanical Gardens, but changed our minds when we realized they weren't going to stop running around long enough for us to catch them and get them in the car. We had bought each of them a big stuffed animal and so we decided to pull those out and let them tackle those for a while, they went nuts! They spent the rest of the night running and diving onto the big bear and puppy, pausing only to get a quick drink or take a ride on their dad's back. Saturday morning, Melissa and I woke up with the boys and had breakfast while they played and stopped every now and then to see what Pooh and Tigger were doing on tv. Around lunch, John, Lisa and Sonora arrived and somehow got all the kids down for a nap at the same time. That afternoon we played in the backyard and then came inside to start dinner while the boys continued to play some more. On Sunday we tried to get a photo of the three kids together, but it never happened. Christopher was very fascinated with Sonora and every now and then would go sit next to her on the floor and then turn around to find me and say, "Baby!" while pointing at her. It was cute! We played outside some more and then it was time to grab some lunch and everyone had to start packing up to head home. It was a wonderful weekend and we are already trying to figure out when we can do it again.