Abby's Visit

We were lucky enough to have Abby come visit us for a few days last week. The boys sure did have fun with Abby and now that she's gone, they already miss her!!


When Abby first arrived, Carter was at swimming lessons and it was a COLD day. We went to the park to play and ate at the Panther afterwards. That night we were able to watch Paige at her t-ball game. She looked so cute as she was the "catcher" for her team. She did a great job playing!!


The next day we had another cold day of swimming lessons and the kids played outside most of the day. They picked black caps for us. In fact, we had so many black caps, we didn't know what to do with all of them. I was thinking that jam would be a yummy choice. That night Grandma Deb & Grandpa Ken came and we all went to see Harry Potter at the Durand theater. This was a really long movie for me. I guess it would have helped if I had seen the older Harry Potters.

On Saturday, Abby and I went to Eau Claire for a couple of things while Carter had a fun day at the Tarrant Pool in Durand. Abby tried.....and tried.....and tried to convince her mom to let auntie buy her a goldfish. There was no convincing mom that a goldfish would be a good purchase. Mom would not even go for a shark!! :-)

After lunch, we took a long bike ride on the bike trail. It was very peaceful and beautiful on the bike trail. Sometime you will have to ask Abby or Carter about our secret code on the bike trail......"Chi-ka-ka".
Bill and Chad worked on the siding of our house from the hail damage we had three years ago. The new siding did not match up with the old siding, as they do not make our style anymore. Bill was able to cut pieces from the old siding to match it up. Grandpa Bill and Grandma LaNita joined us for supper that night. Thanks, Bill, for helping with the siding!


Sunday morning we went to church and then headed to Independence to visit with Grandma Deb and Grandpa Ken. Grandma was so nice to have made Carter a birthday cake as his birthday is coming up next week. We sang to Carter and blew out candles. Abby prepared the candles for Carter......


These two sweethearts sure do have fun together!!
Bradley wanted to get in on the singing with us.......

Carter is working on blowing out the candles.......

Bradley wanted to help blow out the candles, too.......

It was so nice to see Grandpa Ed, as he was able to join us for lunch and birthday cake. The boys love visiting with Grandpa Ed. Bradley likes to inform us that "Grandpa Ed is old" :-)

O.k., so Grandma Deb's wig has been a big hit with the grandkids!! Carter had to display Grandma's wigs for us........

Here is the blonde one......

Here is the brownish-red one.....

Which one looks better????

Good thing Grandma is a good sport about sharing her wigs with the kids!! When Abby put on the wig, she looked like Jamie in a very strange way!! :-)

We had a great time with Abby!! Thanks for visiting us, Abz!! The boys are missing her and Bradley asks us everyday where Abby is and tells us that he wants her to come back!! :-)