Nolan comes to Visit

My little half brother Nolan came to stay with us for a few days in June and we had a great time.  His mom Dina Marie was attending a deaf conference at the WA State school for the deaf and asked if we could watch him.  Here are some pictures of the fun we had:

Taking a picture of Nolan taking a picture of me

Nolan LOVED playing with Josie and Cosmo (the dogs)

Nolan spent time with Jonathon's mom Susie during the day on Thursday and Friday while Jonathon and I were at work.  They had lots of fun together figuring out how to communicate to each other. :)
Nolan's favorites were going swimming at Joni's house and going to McDonalds and ordering 'black soda' which Susie figured out was Root Beer.  He also did NOT like how Susie put water in his fried eggs and refused to eat them. LOL.

Going to visit Jonathon at his work and taking a tour of
Underwriters Laboratories

Making silly faces while waiting for Jonno to finish working

Eating dinner at Sweet Tomatoes
We had so much fun LAUGHING- Nolan has the best laugh.
Every time I hear it, it makes me laugh too!  Sweet boy. 

Cosmo and Nolan after his shower

Nolan with Cosmo and Josie

On Saturday morning, Jonathon, Nancy, and Nolan went to help our friends Andy and Tara Sutton move.  Nolan worked SO HARD carrying things up all the stairs!  We were proud of him.  He enjoyed the hard work and being given tasks of things to do.  We told him we'd go get ice cream after:

Frozen yogurt at Menchies before saying goodbye!

Mine and Jonathon's favorite was playing hide and seek with Nolan.  We also played tag and ran all around the house.  It was fun.

--Nolan would ask us each night what time we planned to wake up at in the morning. Somehow, no matter how late we went to bed, he'd come open our bedroom door at the EXACT time we told him we planned to wake up! He'd poke his head in and check if we were awake yet, then tip toe in and if our eyes were open, get a big grin across his face and give us a big hug!

We LOVED having Nolan come visit and hope we can see him again soon! We love you Nolan!