We had a nice visit and dinner with Brett's parents last Sunday night. It was nice to have a small group and visit quietly. Nana has this cat on her kitchen wall that S loves. It's tail swings back and forth and eyes move left to right. She stood there with Nana and just giggled as it moved.
Scarlett's aunt called on Saturday and wanted to know if we would be interested in this playhouse for S. I misheard and thought she said doll house. This thing is giant, but S sure loves to play it in. One day she ran away from Brett. He tried to follow her in...to which she responded by saying, "No! S's house.
Monday evening my brother and his fiance' invited us to go to the tulip festival with them at Thanksgiving Point. It was a great family night activity. We spend a good little chunk of time in "The Light of the World" exhibit. There are lots of statues of Christ that have scriptural stories to go along with them. S was touching the chicks, looking at Brett and I saying, "S soft."
We finished off our evening as we walked past the waterfalls toward the end of the gardens. I loved watching them experience them together.
Brett was so kind. He had to stop at the store on the way home for sand paper. S got a little yellow ball from grandpa about a year and a half ago that she loved. It got left outside in our fenced yard, and is just gone. S keeps asking for it and looking for it. Brett didn't find a yellow one, but brought home two bigger ones instead.
My sister, Heather, and I had planned to go to the tulip festival before Ben asked me to go. So, we went again another day with the kids. We packed a picnic and ate lunch there as well. We got a few good pictures with the cousins...then of course the ones where the kids are running faster than you can snap a shot. Anyway, here we are :)
The Japanese lanterns were one of S's favorite parts. It was towards the end, and she loved looking up and talking about all the different colors that she saw. She called them balls to begin with, but kept trying to say lantern after I told her that's what they were (which was a bit hard to explain when moms repeatedly called them balls to their kids).
For the past several years my mom and I (with a few exceptions) have gone to Women's Conference at BYU. There are always such great messages there. We had some great laughs together and learned some fantastic things, but most of all it's the spirit that you are able to feel with the messages that you are able to take away with you. I'm so grateful for a kind friend who was willing to take S so I could go. It was such a blessing!
Saturday was busy for us. We had to prep stuff for a bridal shower for my to-be sister-in-law, clean, go shopping, pick up plants, help with the shower, get our sprinklers going this season...the list could go on...but I won't :)
S's new gardening hat
playing in the sprinklers while dad adjuts them
