Thanks for the advise ladies.
We only have the one " livingroom". Actually I think its supposed to be a living/dining room combined....and we have our couch/tv etc in the "dining room" end of it. The play area is the other end.
I've started to move things around. I moved our craft storage tower into the kitchen.
I"m going to keep shifting a few things around to see what the best solution is.
I possibly do have too many toys out.
I'm not planning on taking any kids under 1 anyway....but I guess I forget that although I have a 16 month old....he has always much preferred playing with his big brother's toys, so there aren't many "baby" toys out at this point
The family I met with had 2 boys the same ages as mine, but the next family has a smaller baby girl....so I'll have to bring out some baby toys.
Thanks again!