Grandma T. recently came to visit! Below are some photos that I actually remembered to take! 🙂
Right after Charlotte was born, my mom took Chase to run a few errands, and to this day, he considers those exact errands a tradition. (Side note: Whenever Grandpa T. comes, Chase believes that they have to get a “hamburger & root beer at BYU.” Because they did that once & it was fun = tradition.) So now he thinks that every time Grandma comes, they/we must go to the library, Funfinity (toy store), and the grocery store, preferably in that order. This time we did all those in one trip, and we also went out to ice cream at the SOS Drug Store! Watch out, that could become part of the “when Grandma’s visiting” tradition!
It’s such a cute little soda fountain that makes you feel like you’re back in the 50s or earlier. And it’s super inexpensive; that’s always a plus!
Note that Charlotte looks like a poor little orphan girl in the above photo. She’d had a MAJOR tantrum/meltdown previous to this, because Grandma got her dressed in a non-Disney princess shirt, and made her wear PANTS! I quickly stuck a bow in her hair & considered her to look somewhat presentable, but she immediately yanked the bow out. SO, oh well. (She’s been an angel again for the last few days, though!)
At the toy store, Charlotte got a box of princess accessories including several pairs of clackety high heels. She is now obsessed with them (along with a Barbie book she got at the library)! Chase got a science experiment kit at Funfinity, and we’ve done a few of them together. He absolutely loves doing experiments (figure most boys do)!
(These are some “wiggly crystals” that Pace & Chase just made tonight from the kit.)
We enjoyed a family day last Saturday when my cousin Leann’s daughter was baptized, her husband Jake went to the temple for the first time, and their family was sealed in the temple for time & all eternity. Amazing! BEAUTIFUL sealing; their 3 girls were radiant in their sweet little white dresses. (We also had our roof redone that day, and Pace & Casey put together our new shed that Pace bought in SLC!) That evening Mom put the kids to bed so we could go get In ‘N’ Out Burger & Krispy Kremes with Jess & Casey. Not the most nutritious meal, I know!
Mom & I had a blast shopping with Jess and chatting/hanging out in the evenings with everyone else, etc. I also enjoyed having someone around to help me cook, take care of the kids, & help pick up the slack (I would go to unload the dishwasher and it was already done), etc. Love you, Mom!