Grandma & Grandpa Were Here!

My parents were able to come visit on New Year's Day, and stay with us for a few days. We had a great time cramming a lot of things into just a few days! My mom and I went to the 75% off after Christmas sale at Walgreen's and got all of our wrapping paper and some other miscellaneous nonsense for Christmas next year! Friday night after the kids were in bed, we all stayed up until 3 am playing Mexican train dominoes.

Then my mom & I decided to go to Walmart afterward to get some nuts we had seen on clearance earlier that day. It made no sense, but it sure was crazy and fun, and we got a great parking spot at that hour! When we got back home, Zoee woke up. So by the time I got her settled, I got to bed at 5 am. Then my mom and I were back up at 8:30 for a no hygiene/sweat pants morning of yard saleing. I was doing fine until we stopped at Walgreen's to get some cash, and I saw myself in the mirror, bloodshot eyes and all. I looked like I might have been on drugs as well as showerless and in sweats. Nonetheless, we had a grand old time! We even made up a song while we were driving around in our state of sleep deprivation. It goes to the tune of "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer," (if you stretch out some of the words a little):
"Grandma got run over by a car,
Walking 'cross the street to get some deals.
You can say there's no such thing as good junk,
But as for me and Grandma, we believe!
We believe!"

On another note...Grandma was willing to be the "guinea pig" to see if Zoee would take a bottle. So Daniel & I were able to leave her for the first time, and have an evening to visit the temple. It was so nice to go back after almost 6 months, and Zoee did great with Grandma and the bottle!

(Kisses!)

Jaden had a great time with Grandma "Thann" & Grandpa Dennis, going on walks, playing at the park, watching the garbage man, trying to chase down the ice cream truck, and fixing things around the house. Both of the kids loved all of the extra Grandma & Grandpa attention, and Daniel & I enjoyed the help with the kids, house cleaning, laundry (I think Grandma got to do about 10 loads during her "vacation" here), and all of the fix-it projects.









My incredibly handy dad even got up in the attic and ran some wiring and installed my ceiling fans that I got at a yard sale last Fall. We now have a fan in the living room, family room, and master bedroom. Jaden tried to help with that job by turning on the light switch while Grandpa was working. Grandpa got a little buzz, but luckily avoided a shock because he wasn't touching the live wire at that moment! After that, we made sure to keep Jadey away from the switches until Grandpa was done!



(Jaden waving at Grandpa's hand coming out of the ceiling!)


Jaden was so sad when we had to take Grandma & Grandpa back to the airplane. Mommy was a little sad, too. They stayed just long enough to leave a little homesickness! :)