Grandpa and Grandma Spoil Bennett

Friday evening Grandpa and Grandma van Leeuwen made the 550 mile trek to Sioux Center to spend a short weekend with us. They always come bearing gifts and we always look forward to them. Dale and I get the most excited about the Rye Bread that they nicely added to our freezer. It is the best rye bread ever. Mom bought me the cutest little tea pot and I tell ya, it makes such great tea! Who knew what tea experiences I had been missing out on all these years. The weather was really nice for the time that they were here. It was really sunny and hovering around the freezing mark. Dale and Dad spent a good part of Saturday driving around shopping for a pick up. He didn't know how serious he was about the actual buying of a vehicle, but he said he brought a check, so that was a good sign. Truth be told, none of us actually thought that he would make a purchase, but lo and behold we were wrong!

Here Bennett is showing Grandpa and Grandma how to drive Grandpa's new pick up. Since Grandpa isn't to familiar with all this technology that these "new" vehicles have, Bennett decided to show him the panic button first. It was loud...and funny.

Bennett is showing off his new rain boots that he got from his Grandparents as part of his Valentines Day package. He also got some new gitches (undies) in which we tried on him and he cried (probably didn't help that Dale and I couldn't stop laughing. He looked so cute. He is sitting on the potty for longer periods now, and we are just anticipating the first pee.... look at what our conversations have become.....

Bennett was having a moment to himself and Grandpa's Maple Leafs Hat.