A little of this and a little of that -

We have been extra busy the last while at the Olson home patching, sanding, nailing, priming, painting - a WHOLE bunch! Their new home is really starting to come together and it won't be long before they are all moved in and loving "The Cottonwood House". But, we did take a day or two off this week to enjoy a little of this...and a little of that -

We had a wonderful surprise visit from Brandon, Jamie, Berlynn, Ezra and little Nixon. At the same time, we had a wonderful surprise visit from my sister Karen and her husband Jason, so we quickly threw together a Sunday BBQ and got everyone together Here's mom adoring her youngest great grandchild - sweet isn't it?

Weekend over, Berlynn started her first day of school - 1st Grade! Wow, where has the time gone? She's growing up faster than her Grandmother can believe - but we're so proud. Good luck in school sweetie!
Annie picked a bouquet of flowers for her mother (she always has to do this, she absolutely is her mother's child!)
Our 1.5 year old dishwasher bit the dust - had to get a new one
Company party at Lagoon, naturally it was on the day that experienced record breaking rain fall. But, the weather left almost as quickly as it came and as you can tell, the day did get better and better -

Our first ride was the boats, little Cate LOVED the boats last year (it was about the only ride she could get on) so we thought we'd start out with it this year. Well, we tried but not with much success, so guess who had to ride alone?

From then on, Annie decided she would ride the bigger rides alone and loved all of them -

Still no smiles from Cate -

Nope - not a smile one!

Aw, not even Bulgy could coax a smile -

Guess why -

Nap over with, we took her on Puff -

smiles emerged on the carousel and continued -

Then - Cate found "THE RIDE", her ride, and the smiles never faded!

She loved the popcicles -

This is Cate's dragon, it ended up being the only character she would have anything to do with. When one little boy got in one first - someone had a melt down until Grandma secured a second one and assured her it was just as good! This little guy was by far the highlight of her day, and she rode him - let's just say....ALOT!

Annie has a favorite ride at Lagoon too, it also happens to be a dragon. The Jumping Dragon. Her mom, and then her dad, took her on it, but NO amount of begging would convince Grandma or Grandpa to take her on it. Some things need to be reserved for parents only!
To end our busy week - Curt and I went to see this -
It was FABULOS!