...so we spent a week at the farm, Jeff met us for the weekend, we went back up to Spokane to start school, and then we came back down for Labor Day weekend. Here are some highlights on our time...
Corn-on-the-Cob, Megan's gymnastics birthday party,
Joshy looking for kitties...
...G'ma Joan's kiddie pool, a lunch visit with G'ma Trudy and Papa LeRoy, the tree swing...
...seeing Uncle Tom and Aunt Diane's cats' TAILS when we visited
(we were a bit overwhelming, I'm afraid)...
...popsicles on the deck steps
(Josh only needed this activity ONCE to teach him to run to the freezer
every time he passed by these steps)...
...the yellow truck becoming "Mama!"
because I was seen driving it one afternoon...
...visiting Ben and Kelly's kittens, taking coffee to G'ma Joan at work,
braving Wal-Mart against my will...
...lots of "pound-it!"s from Josh, lots of tired chatter at the dinner table
from Grace who always wanted to "stay up to see the guys"...
...cousins coming to play in the clothesline tent,
the first--and 2nd and 3rd--viewing of the movie, "Annie"
(Grace keeps saying, "We love you Miss Hannigan!"...when we heard
her say,"Get out of bed!" in a cranky voice to Josh we thought maybe
it was time to put that movie on the back burner until
she lost her Hannigan non-manners)...
...grandparent snuggles,
Just In Case You Wonder, by Max Lucado,
Anna and her kids at the Farmer's Market,
time with Uncle Tom and Aunt Christi, in town for a UI game...
...picking strawberries and corn and onions
at neighbor Davy's garden...
...a little incident involving the curling iron and Gracie's hand,
Grace sleeping on G'ma and Papa's bedroom floor
on Uncle Bill's mattress...
...Josh saving Oscar, who was locked in the tire shed,
Gracie hearing the story of how G'ma lost her ring
and how God helped her find it in the burn barrel
(she was quite intrigued with that burn barrel!)...
...pretzels, Oreos, iced animal cookies, making cookies with G'ma...
...saying "Papa" every time Josh saw a combine,
washing dirt off of feet each night and at nap time...
...Mom and I bonding while making lunches for the next day
after making dinner and doing dishes,
usually done by 11pm...
...the roots of the farm run deep!
We are so glad that our kids are able to add this
to their list of special places in their lives.
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