Memorial Day

Last Friday we were driving by the cemetery and Hunt noticed all of the flags on display, the people starting to gather, and of course the flowers and wanted to know what was going on.  I told her it was Memorial Day weekend which was a holiday to celebrate and remember all of the people who had died.  She responded by saying "aww, how sad.  Who killed em all?"  So we then had a lovely conversation about death and going to live with Heavenly Father.  Somewhere along the way she got a little confused during the conversation.  I found this out Monday on our morning walk when she noticed all the flags on display.  After looking back and forth up the street she exclaimed "mom, there's dead people everywhere!"  

Feed the Birds

Yesterday I had to work for a little while and the rest of the fam tagged along.  Hunt used to love going to my work and was pretty disappointed when she discovered someone else in my old office and all of the fun stuff she used to play with was missing.  Good thing the ducks at the pond still are as hungry as ever.

Hunt's Graduation

A whole school year has passed and we now have our very own little preschool graduate!  Huntley has grown so much this year.  At graduation we were able to watch a video of all the kids throughout the school year.  We started out the year with the first field trip and in the pictures Hunt was hiding behind everyone looking like a scared little kitten.  Fast forward to the end of the year and she is front and center with a big smile on her face.  I'm so proud of Huntley for being willing to try new things and make new friends.  She is growing up so fast and I love being her mom and watching her learn and grow.  Congrats Hunt!!!

Today Pais and I celebrated our last day of alone time together.  Big sis finishes up preschool for the year and we won't get to experience our two hours of bonding every Tuesday and Thursday anymore.  I'm really excited to have Hunt home all the time but it has been nice to spend time with Pais and enjoy her sweet little self.  In honor of it being our last day together we did her favorite thing and ran around in circles on the trampoline over and over again.  This little miss makes me laugh.

Preparedness

Last night we had to drop the truck off at Chris's work.  (Yay, our first tour is over!!! ) I love that frontrunner is around so that I can do this biweekly task without having to bother my mom and Mer for rides all of the time.  

When we picked the truck up I seriously underestimated how long the walk was from the train station to his work.  Luckily Kristi lives in between the two so we were able to have a pit stop at her house.  This time I prepared better, snacks, drinks, and books.  

What I didn't prepare for was the fact Pais would insist on walking a mile of the trail and we'd miss the train I was trying to catch.  So during our 40 minute wait at the station we drank squeeze-it's and ate an entire bag of Chicken-in-a-biscuit. I sound prepared right?  Um, no.  By the time the next train arrived it was dark and a little cooler than our attire permitted.  Luckily our house is only 10 minutes from the train station so we got home really fast but I still ended the outing feeling like a horrible mom.  I guess hopeful the third times the charm!

Push Me

We have a new phrase heard constantly at our house.  Well not exactly at our house since we don't have swings but whenever we visit Ma, Pais walks in the front and runs straight through to the back door saying "push me" the entire time.  She doesn't leave the swings the entire time we are there unless we sidetrack her with food.  She's a silly little thing but oh so cute!

Happy Happy Birthday Christopher Dear!!!

Today is our daddy's birthday.  We miss him lots.  But if he was home we would do lots of fun things, like:

 play at the park

 go for a hike,

 spend time with our dogs,

 or catch a fish.

 Instead our daddy is out fighting fires and that's okay.  Because even though we miss him too much, when we do see our daddy he spends every minute making sure we know he loves us.  So while he is away we hope he knows that we love him and appreciate how hard he works for us.  Happy Birthday Daddy!