Iowa Came to Town!

We have been super busy here in the Lutz household for the past week as Uncle Roger, Aunt Jill and Juliana have been in town! They arrived from Iowa late on Saturday evening and we've been going non-stop ever since!

On Sunday afternoon, some of the Lutz kids (Roger, Jonathan and Laura) got together to clean out upstairs at the house they grew up in. There were toys, extra furniture, and random things upstairs that needed to be dealt with. They got a good portion of the mess cleaned up before everyone else arrived for dinner. We let the kids play together for a while before we ate. They were so cute! We hadn't seen Juliana since Caleb was around a month old, so all they really got to do was look at him then! It was fun to see them interact more this visit. One of the toys they found upstairs was an old McDonald's playset. Juliana had fun taking our orders and paying us for our food (yes, I said that right!). Caleb and Lana also had a good time playing at Mal's house and watching Juliana. We had a great lasagna meal before heading home to get plenty of rest for Monday's activities.


Juliana and Caleb.











Grandma and 3 kiddos!










Grandma Mal with all 4 of her kids, their spouses and the grand kids!






On Monday, Caleb and I met up with Aunt Sarah, Lana, Uncle Roger, Aunt Jill and Juliana and we all headed up to the Houston Zoo. We arrived at the zoo soon after they opened and had a chance to walk around most of the exhibits through the morning. It was fun to watch Juliana get excited about some animals and get a little scared of others. I look forward to Caleb being old enough to really get excited about things like that. I think the favorites of the group turned out to be the elephants (there was an adorable baby elephant out), some of the playful monkeys, and the sea lions. It was rather hot that day, so many of the animals seemed to be trying to stay cool, but it was still nice to get out and enjoy them. We all packed picnic lunches and ate at the zoo so that we could see a bit more. Around 1 we finally agreed that it was getting too hot and returned to our cars to go home. My car registered 103 degrees... it was definitely hot!


Caleb watching one of the monkeys.









Juliana in the fish tank (not really.. there was a cool see- through tunnel to crawl through!)






Cute Lana - I love that little grin!








Watching the baby elephant.









3 kids in strollers.










Watching the sea lions!










This is turning into a pretty long post, so I'll wrap up for now and share more about the rest of the week later! I'll end by letting you know that we took a day to rest after our busy week and Caleb clearly needed it! He napped for 2 1/2 hours this morning and another 2 hours this afternoon! Sweet boy was worn out!