It's Benner Time

A few weekends back we were lucky to get a visit from our good friends the Benner's.  Mike and Rhianwen, originally from the Philadelphia area, are now living in sunny Los Angeles.  As they were home for a whirlwind tour of friends and family our time together was short, but it was great to visit and catch up.

Mostly while they were here we just hung out around the house, great fun of course but not providing much excitement in the way of pictures.  At one point however we did venture out- it was a beautiful warm day and we decided to take a stroll through downtown Phoenixville.

Here is Aiden geared up for some serious walking.

We go into town pretty often, but its fun to go with new visitors as it can make you appreciate your home streets with new eyes.  Often when we go into town it's on a weekend night when the restaurants are bustling and the sidewalks are busy with people/ strollers/ dogs/ etc.  This time things were pretty darn quiet, and that was nice.

There is an area in the borough called the "Children's Pavilion."  Not too much going on here- a nice mural, a couple of benches, but there is a pretty cool fountain that sits at kid-level for good touching and splashing.

As usual, Aiden started out a little tentatively, but in short order was splashing like a champ.

One of the best things about our friendship with the Benner's is how much love they have for Aiden.  They are always so excited to see him, and spend time with him.  No doubt that Aiden will grow up thinking that Uncle Mike and Aunt Rhi are the coolest of cool.  

Here is Mike gving Aiden the giggles.

As always, we had a great visit with the Benners.  Now we just have to figure out a way to visit them in LA so they can show us around!