One In the Oven: Michelle and Natalie Come to Play

We always love when we have out of town visitors. It's especially fun when these visitors bring little one with them. Not only do we like to catch up, but it's always interesting to see how the kiddos have grown and we think it's so much fun to have more little people running around. We were excited when Michelle asked if she and a little Dickerson could come out to visit and to meet Kate. I'm not sure how exactly she chose (I think it might have been a dance-off), but she and Natalie came to visit us for the weekend in the middle of May.

The ladies were supposed to fly in late Friday evening, but Mother Nature had other plans. St. Louis got slammed with bad weather that day. We knew it was coming and watched a line of storms march its way through Oklahoma (dropping more tornadoes on Oklahoma City), Missouri, and finally into Illinois. Since we moved here, I've been a little bit of a freak about the weather. I'm pretty much a big, giant chicken when it comes to tornadoes. If there's even a HINT that there might be a tornado watch issued, I have a bag packed and ready for the basement, even though I've got everything you could possibly think of all staged and ready down there in the case of severe weather. So, long story short, we had bad weather. All of the Snyders--Copper included--spent a big chunk of the night in the basement. And poor Michelle and Natalie got stuck in Chicago. Their arrival ended up being delayed until the next day, but they did make it in one piece. When they finally arrived, they checked into the hotel, took a nap, then came over to spend the day with us. We relaxed and played with the kids, catching up and enjoying our time together. Natalie chased Copper around the house. In fact, she wasn't even that excited about meeting Kate, she just wanted to play with Copper. (She also requested spaghetti for dinner--we had it last time the visited--so we had pasta for dinner.). Sunday morning we had a pancake breakfast, then played some more until the ladies had to leave to catch their flight. It was a short visit, but it was really enjoyable. We're looking forward to our Pittsburgh trip in July so we can visit with the Dickerson's again!