Time with Grandma Jo and Granddad Brock

The girls really enjoyed their time with my folks. I love watching them all interact. I especially loved these photos of my dad and Emma, as I have ones of MJ and my dad in the same spot when she was this age. It was from the last time they visited when Emma was born. It's neat to see how Emma is growing and changing and starting to interact with everyone more. She's got her own little personality. Both girls enjoyed being outside. They fed the horses with my Dad and ran around in the yard. Emma would bring everyone their shoes when we talked about going outside. Sometimes she'd bring her jacket and shoes to us even when we weren't planning to go out because she just wanted to. 

Mom and I enjoyed an afternoon of shopping in Ontario. There are several little shops that I hadn't visited yet, so we took a tour and had some coffee too. I think my dad enjoyed his babysitting duty with the girls. 

Mom and I worked on MJ's quilt and Dad helped me with the dining room chairs and some other projects. My mom jokes she's just like my Grandma Rosina and can't sit still, so we always find lots to do when they are here. I can't say enough thanks to both of them for all their love, support and help through the years. Fun, fun times! Thanks for the visit!

Hugs for sister

I took these photos of the girls before we picked up my parents last weekend. It's so fun to see them give each other love. (Sorry for the bad background. Oops!) I took a few of just Emma. She's started doing this "cheese face" for the camera. She has the funniest expressions. 

Big girl, big fork

Just some pics of Emma using her utensils. She seems to be getting to be more of a big girl every day. 

Good times

We had a great week with my parents. Even though we needed to get back to life and so did they, it was sad watching them leave. No matter how much time we have, it never seems like enough, but we were happy that they came to visit. I realized we took many more pics with my Mom's camera, but I do have some photos from the trip. Not much else happening right now. I'm still working on getting the carpet out and cleaning the other house so we can get moved in. Emma's 2nd birthday is sneaking up fast on me. I can't believe it! We're still working on potty training, but not stressing over it. I try to ask her more and more to go and she seems to do something a good percentage of the time. 

We had two beautiful days this weekend and spent quite a bit of time outside. It's nice that Emma's older now, and we can all be outside working together. Today, is windy and cooler, so it's nice I have work to do inside. Yesterday evening, the girls and I helped Josh get some cows out to pasture, then checked cows and the fences. It was so nice being out there as a family. Made me stop and count our blessings. 

April 9

This week has been great so far. The girls and I picked up my parents at the airport on Saturday afternoon. It's been so nice having them here. Mom and I are working on Mackenzie's quilt for her new room. We are also recovering our dining room chairs. They can't come to visit without us having some sort of project! Dad has enjoyed being outside and helping Josh around the ranch. I have gotten a few pics, but admittedly not as many as usual. I better get on that! I'll post them later. The time is going by so fast!

This week

It seems this week has gone by fast. It's hard for me to believe it's April already. I've caught myself at least three times writing March on my checks! Monday and Tuesday were spent doing odds and ends around here and catching up on a few things. Today, the girls and I went to the library then visited some ladies at the nursing home in Ontario. Mackenzie likes to draw them pictures. When we got home, we headed out to feed and brush the horses. With the warm weather, it's my goal to have us doing something with them daily or at least a few times a week. MJ's ready to start riding this spring, and Emma is bigger so it should be easier having her out there with us too. If we can at least be out there with them more, it will be a start. 

We found out this evening my parents are coming for a visit. We're soooo excited! They will be here Saturday for a week. Can't wait for that. They haven't been to Idaho since Emma was born, so they are due for a visit here. I'm sure we'll come up with lots of fun things to do. I'm praying for more nice weather while they will be here.

Little Chef

Tonight after dinner Emma came into the kitchen wearing her chef's hat. It was too big and slid over her face. She kept making "Ooohh!" sounds and walking around like a ghost. It was so funny. Then, I tightened the hat for her, so it would stay on her head and directed her to the play kitchen. It's so fun to see her doing all this pretend play now.