An adventure IN the Pond

Having my mother in town

is something

I have been looking forward to

for weeks.

The kids were thrilled to spend time with her,

I was excited to be able to talk to her late into the night

and have her help on house projects.

And Jon was happy as long as "family photos" were not suggested.

We were able to accomplish SO MUCH!

My MOM:

Made ONE dozen sugar cookies,

Plunged ONE toilet (thanks for providing the opportunity Jon) :)

Painted TWO rooms (pictures to come),
Made TWO adorable costumes,

Attended THREE therapy sessions

Cleaned THREE bathrooms

Walked Dallin to the bus FOUR times,

Picked Dallin up FOUR times

Took FIVE wonderful pictures of our family,

and....

We gave her FIVE big hugs when she left.

(What a trade off, don't you think?)

One of our favorite memories is a bike ride

to a neighborhood pond.

I always enjoy a good, murky, goose poop filled pond.

After catching a jar of baby fish

we were getting on our bikes to finish our ride.

Zachary was on his bike and

leaned over the edge to see Dallin's last catch

when he and his bike and helmet

ALL went over the edge in the pond.

Surprised, yes!
Scared, yes!
Sad and wet, yes!

Poor guy.

After fishing him out and nearly wetting my pants in laughter,

(it was quite a funny situation)

we were able to gather everything,

clean off the pond scum and give him a much NEEDED hug.

No matter how much he dug, the pond scum seemed to be stuck in his ears.

(This is the memorable swimming hole).

A nice warm bath made life feel good again.

*******

Thanks for coming mom.

We love you, appreciate ALL that you do for us

and hope you come again soon!