Grandpa Sitting!

Grandma had to have eye surgery a couple weeks ago, so we got to grandpasit while she was gone. We had a blast having him around and he loved playing with the girls. He may be a little confused but he is so happy and just a joy to be around. I'm very glad we live here so we can have opportunities like this.

I left the room for not even two minutes and when I came back grandpa was on the floor. My immediate thought was that he had fallen, but turns out he just wanted to play the xylophone with lily. It was a little tricky getting him back in the chair, but it was worth it to see him having fun with the girls.

I think grandpa is wondering about the hole on the backside of that pony.

This is grandpa doin' his thing. I just had to get his little jig recorded, it cracks me up everytime. We love you so much Grandpa!!

Lily's Latest Quotables

Lily is starting to say some really random things that help keep the day a little more interesting. I figured I better start writing them down so we can use them as ammo later. She's always a lot of fun.

1. We signed up to clean the church and Lily was pretty excited, but when we got there no one was there to tell us what to do and I told Lily that as we were leaving and she said, “Well, mom, I’m here and I’ll tell you what to do.”
2. Lily was sitting in the back of the car and she was chewing on Marah’s shoe. I kept telling her to stop it and finally after the third warning she said, “but, mom, I’m hungry!"
3. The other day as we were sitting at the table, out of the blue, Lily just said, “Mom, I have so many boyfriends.” She said it very matter of factly.
4. A while back she also said, “I can’t wait to be big so I can go on dates.” I think I will lock her up most of her teenage life.
5. Lily always has to “help” me clean the bathroom. She started to clean the bathtub when I heard her say, “This sponge will cut through sticky, stubborn stains even baked on messes!” Is that a sign she is watching too much t.v.? I’ve never even noticed cleaning commercials on her cartoons.
6. I was watching a trauma E.R. show on T.V. and playing a game with Lily. She was noticing all of the hurt people and finally she said, “Mom, why don’t you jump in there and help them?” When I asked her how I was suppose to do that, she swung her arms and said, “You got to do a super jump!” It was funny but it also made me happy that in her mind I should be able to jump in the T.V. and help those hurt people. I'm always kind of hard on myself when it comes to work, especially working in the E.R., but that one little comment really made me feel good and helped boost my confidence. Love you Lily!!

24th of July

We had a lot of fun celebrating the 24th this year. It didn't take long for Marah to get into the whole candy thing. Of course she was shoving them in her mouth faster then she was getting them in the bag.

The park was a lot of fun just hangin out on the grass and seeing all the people. I spent most of the time waiting in lines but there was a lot of good food and it was worth it. The highlight of the day is always the fireworks. It's tradition to get as close as we can and then we are always covered in ash by the end. I always love the fireworks here. This small town holds it's own. This was Marah's first experience with them. She watched them but I don't know if she liked them. Lily had a lot of fun with the fireworks. I just found myself thinking about how much I love living in this small town atmosphere. We were able to just walk to everything, the crowds are pretty much all people you know, and I know we would have never made front row at the fireworks anywhere but here since we're always running late. It's just a great place to be!