"Grandma Lisa, you gonna stay at our own home?"

My parents and brother and sister left today, after staying with us for the past 5 days. We had a great visit, and we were able to do a lot in such a short amount of time, including skiing (for some of us), the zoo, BYU, Temple Square, lots of walks, and a day full of yard work. My dad loves doing anything home improvement, and so (along with the majority of the yard work) he also hung a swing in a tree in our backyard, fixed the door to our shed, tightened some loose faucets, and (biggest project) hung bi-fold doors in our laundry closet. Yay! Now people don't have to walk past my laundry to get to our only guest bathroom.

But it was sad saying goodbye. I used to have a very hard time when it came time for a visit to end, but I've realized that for living 1200 miles apart, we actually see each other pretty often. And with cell phones and the internet, it's much easier to keep in touch than it was for my mom when she got married and moved 2000 miles away from her family. The hardest part about this afternoon was when Tempe realized that we were saying goodbye to her beloved Grandma Lisa and Grandpa K. She got a sort of worried expression on her face and said "Grandma Lisa, you gonna stay at our own home?" 

Following is a hodge-podge of pictures from our visit.

Jeff, Tempe, Kelsey and Grandma Lisa sitting on the "bench" in our backyard.

Me and my girls enjoying the swing that Grandpa K put up for us!

Tempe thinks the swing is just as much hers as it is Helena's (who actually got it for her birthday)

Helena on the swing's maiden... swing.

Tempe loved standing at this window at the LDS Conference Center and looking through the waterfall when we were there to see the international art competition. 

Dad going crazy with the clippers.

Tempe and a BYU racecar--two of her favorite things!