I have the sweetest grandma on God's green earth. :) No point in arguing the matter because you simply won't change my mind. Anyway, my kids love her too and we spent a lot of precious time visiting her this summer.
Sierra is an animal lover. She becomes attached to any animal she can get her hands on. Cocoa is a really sweet little miniature horse at my sister's farm. She is very gentle and good with children.
We also spent some more time in Waterton. There is a nice little spray park there. There was a cool breeze and some sprinkles of rain but the kids just don't care. I was sitting there buried in my jacket watching the girls completely soak themselves. They just loved it.
This hike around Linnet lake is perfect for Maysa's age. Its nice and flat and very short. When the girls get older we'll probably do the Bear's hump and Goat haunt hikes. They are a little more challenging.
At my sister's farm they have baby chickens. The girls spent much time playing with them. They also love driving the golf cart around. There is oodles of space for them to roam around the country side. I'm just sort of amazed no one got hurt. But Uncle Al has it rigged so that it can't go very fast.
What can I say, are there any kids on earth that aren't infatuated with kitty cats. Sierra simply begged to take one home, she named her special one Calique. (she told me because its calico aaaand its cute.) My dad almost had me talked into smuggling one onto the airplane.
At my parents farm the girls and I had daily chores which included bottle feeding the orphan calves, watering them, and gathering hay for them, as well as mowing all the grass. My dad has a terrible bad back so we tried very hard to help him as much as we could.
The girls also got to spend alot of time with their cousins Owen and Ellie. That was great because they stayed at my dad's farm for 2 weeks with us. Elena and Owen spent hours together playing lego, in this picture they are building a helicopter.
The kids planted bean seeds and they grew so quickly.
Our last day in Canada brought us a fabulous storm complete with hail. I loved it but I'm not sure it was good for my dad's alfalfa fields.
When we got back to Casa Grande we were greeted to some beautiful changes. Dan painted our bedroom, installed a door for my office and presented the fabulous new additions to our garden.... A WATERMELON!!
And... a cantelope!
I really loved my trip to Canada with the kids, I loved wearing a sweater for the entire time I was there and I loved using a feather tick at night because it was so cold in my parents basement. I am grateful my parents are so good and kind to put up with us for that long. They are so generous and kind. I know we are blessed to have a place to escape to for at least a little while during the blazing summer of arizona but it is also so nice to be home! Off to San Diego next week with Dan this time!
