Because Maria was originally going to get married a few weeks later, my mom had gotten vacation time for mid-July. I was so happy that her and my dad decided to come down South to visit Maria and my families. I always love spending time with my mom. She is a wonderful woman, a spiritual giant, and a great example of faith for me. It was really neat seeing how much Allie attached herself to her. Rachel, who likes men, was a little slow warming up to Grandma Bobbie (she did, it just took a little longer), but Allie wanted to snuggle with Grandma, be with Grandma, do everything with Grandma. She was really sad to see her go. It was fun seeing my dad so soon, too. The girls have a lot of fun with him, and we were all able to do some neat things.
We've told everyone how beautiful Arkansas is, so we wanted to let my mom and dad get to really experience it. We went of a few outdoor walks. One was at Lake Fayetteville, and the other was at Crystal Bridges, which is a museum with lots of trails in the surrounding area.
Here are some pictures at Lake Fayetteville. The girls enjoyed the playground.
Grandma Bobbi playing telephone with Allie
Look what I found! (grass, I think)
This next group of pictures was from Crystal Bridges.
I don't know if you can notice, but Allie's skort was a little big on her. She had to keep pulling it up or even just hang on to it as she walked and ran. She ran a lot. She used up a lot of energy and got really sweaty. Her skort is probably what kept her within site because it slowed her down.
I tried rolling it up to make it tighter. It helped a little.
We stopped to let Allie have a potty break and for everyone to get some water. Rachel wanted some, but we didn't want to get her out of the stroller because we knew she would cry if we put her back in. So this is what we came up with. She loved it!
We all really enjoyed having my parents visit. It was a special time with fun outings, yummy food (I tried to spoil my mom since it was her vacation), and the best company. Maybe they'll decide they want to move to Arkansas instead of Utah when their house sells. Maybe.
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