Funny Story

I keep forgetting to share this story, so I thought I'd put it here, so I don't keep telling the same people. A few Sundays ago, we were sitting on the end of the second row in Sacrament meeting, and were the only people on our row. I was sitting on the aisle, Donny was next to me and Katy was on the other side of him. We were right in the middle of sacrament when Katy jetted down the row to the other end before Donny could grab her. So, I had to get up and walk in front of the whole room to go get her. The water was being passed to the row behind us at the other end and before I could get to her, Katy ran down to the sacrament tray, took a cup, drank it and put it in the empty cup hole. She was so proud of herself for doing it so I told her "good job" and then she was happy to sit on my lap. The Elder who was passing the sacrament started laughing and the people behind her were laughing, then I looked up at the front and the whole Branch Presidency was laughing. I looked down the row at Donny and he was hunched over with his head in his hands and his shoulders were just shaking. Our branch is so small and the "chapel" is so small that I think everyone in the room saw it happen and laughed. She has never wanted to take the sacrament before and I didn't think she was paying any attention, but she knew exactly what she was doing. She doesn't miss a thing!

Four Wheelin' Fun!

In April, Meme and Papa bought some little four wheelers at a yard sale and had them at the house for Will's birthday. When we all got together for the Birthday celebration, all the big boys had to have a turn. You would have thought it was Christmas morning and Santa had brought them the 4 wheelers. It was fun to watch them - they were so excited and were having a lot of fun. They rode it (there was only one at the house) so much that they wore a track in the grass in Meme's backyard! I only got pictures of Donny on it, but Joe rode it with Afton too, and I'm told that Little Al took it for a spin or two before we got there. In fact, he took Katy for a ride after Donny went inside. So they all got a turn.

Donny taking for a solo ride. Look at that face - you can almost hear his sound effects.

Katy loved riding on it so much that she'd run after it when it wasn't her turn.

Needless to say, the boys were a little too big for it, so they had to get a push to start it. This is Joe getting Donny started, while Al "directs."

I had a hard time getting a good picture of Katy and Donny while they were riding, so I made them slow down long enough for me to get one.

Will got this Gator for his birthday and the kids loved riding in it when they weren't on the big one. Will drove Katy around and around Meme's backyard. It was cute to watch them driving. At one point he even put his arm around her and was driving one handed. Katy had a lot of fun just letting him drive her. Her legs aren't quite long enough yet to reach the pedals, but she still gave it a good try.

It's time for bed

Katy did one of the cutest things she's ever done last night. Her bedtime routine is to get her pajamas on and then have a drink of milk while I hold her on the couch and then we go rock and sing a couple songs and then I put her down. Usually while she's drinking her milk, Donny and I are watching TV together. Well, last night, she finished drinking her milk and I guess I let her down to play - I don't remember how she got down (I guess I was a little too in to the show). Anyway, she had her blanket and she went walking down the hall towards her room and I thought she was going back to get a toy, but she stopped half way down the hall and came back saying something like "you comin'?" She was telling me that it was time for bed. It was so cute to see her snuggling her blanket while she asked me that, but at the same time it kind of made me feel like a bad mom because I didn't put her down early enough. She is so sweet and patient with her lame mom. Hopefully that won't happen too often. I absolutely love my snuggle time with her when I put her to bed. It's the only time she'll really snuggle with me. She snuggles with Donny in the mornings if she gets up before he has to leave and he really misses it if she's not up early enough. I don't want to give it up, but I know too soon she'll be grown up and too old to rock at bedtime. We'll savor every second of it while it lasts though.