Tuesday, July 31, 2012

sisters, a wedding,Lacey, etc.

This kid.... I came into the kitchen to find him like this!  I guess it's a normal thing at his house.  Also, he thinks he's invisible if he's in camo.  I love it!
 Last time I came to Utah my little sister asked me to go to a movie with her and I didn't.  I said I couldn't because I had kids and Jeremy wasn't there.  Jeremy scolded me for not 'living in the moment' and made me promise to go to the movies with my sister this time.  We made a girls night of it.  We saw What to Expect When You're Expecting.  Before the movie we decided to squeeze all of us into one of those little photo booths.  SO MUCH FUN!  I don't know if I laughed harder during the movie, or during the pictures!  I love my sisters oh so much.  (We missed those of you that couldn't be there with us!)
 I got to reconnect with one of my sisters that I haven't seen in a very long time.  It was very healing for me.
 We kidnapped Grampa from work and took him out to lunch one day.  Jayne loves her grampa!
 My little sister, Megan, got remarried while I was there.  Her girls were glowing!  So happy mommy and daddy are back together again!
 
 They looked so happy... and that made me happy.
 
 
 
Here's to another shot at a forever family!  We wish you the best!
 
 We visited 'Lacey's park' (my littlest sisters grave).  My kids were very interested in Aunt Lacey on this trip.  Gramma told them several bedtime stories about her while we were there.
 We even sent balloons up to heaven and she caught them!
 We brought lunch and made a picnic.  The other visitors at the cemetery commented on how fun it was for them to see so much joy there.
 Petey enjoyed the pizza and tried a juicebox for the first time!
 One of my favorite pictures.... so precious.
 Gramma spoiled us with two trips to McDonald's, Burger King and donuts at her grocery store!  My kids are so lucky.
 It was fun to hear the other customers talk about all the kids.  One of them said, "They must be here for a birthday party..."  Nope, just cousins!
 I loved walking around the house to find scenes like this.....
 ... and this each day...  all the cousins jumbled together in little areas playing.
 Aunt Megan gave the girls haircuts...
 Gracie got the full service with a pedicure from gramma at the same time!
 I caught Millie reading to the little ones several times.  So darling...
 To say Graham was in heaven is an understatement.  I think he spent at least 80% of his awake time outside playing!  He loved exploring grammas yard, visiting her neighbors horses, climbing on top of the motorhome, checking out the store in her garage (she is amazing with food storage), and collecting bugs!  This is him making holes in a mason jar lid so his bugs could breathe in their habitat.
This trip helped me realize just how badly we need to move to our kids have more room to run and play.  They were seriously in heaven at gramma's house.

1 comment:

Valerie Russell said...

Congrats to your sister! That's so great that her family is back together.