We had a great week this week. We started off by getting Samantha’s hair cut. We tried “Shear Madness” a kids salon. Samantha thought it was great because she got to pick her own chair (a race car) and then watch Barbie as she got her hair cut. At the end the stylist braided it for her. It was adorable.

We then went to the library and got Samantha her first library card. We also checked it out and got several books to bring home. This week we get to sign up for story time.

Tuesday we made a trip to Midland Adventist Academy so that we could deliver some school supplies. The school had put out a list of materials that they could use so we picked up some supplies for the teachers. The secretary there knows us from church and she was so kind to the kids and welcomed them back for their story time on the 2nd of September. The academy is fairly close to Travis’s work so we stopped by and saw him on our way home.

That evening BeBe came to visit. She got here in time for supper and playing. She was able to stay with us until Friday morning when she left. While she was here we went shopping. It was great to have her help with the kids while I tried on clothes, etc. Blake was a handful as he’d cry the minute I stepped into a dressing room and stop crying when I came out. We hit the mall twice and both times we stopped to play with Thomas the Train at Barnes and Noble and we even rode the carousel one time.

Thursday was my birthday and Samantha (with BeBe's help) picked out a cake and candles for me-it was a beautiful princess cake. The kids loved "surprising" me with it.

Friday Travis called and needed us to bring him a tool so we did that and came home and played the rest of the afternoon. The neighbor kids also came out and Samantha and Blake got to play with them. The neighbors children are 5, 3 ½ and 20 months so our kids are really close in age and enjoy playing together. In fact, they played together in the cul-de-sac Sabbath evening also for a couple of hours.

Blake has added more words to his vocabulary like “spill” and “squirrel”. BeBe has brought us a squirrel and bird feeder and so we get to see the squirrel quite often. When he spills something he asks for a napkin to wipe it up.

Playing outside Sabbath afternoon...

Look at how dirty Samantha's feet were:)

All ready for church...

Our neighbors gave us this bouncy toy...

Celebrating my birthday...

Having fun with BeBe...

Samantha's first library card...Samantha got her hair cut and they put it into this cute braid...