Memorial Day Farming!

We had so much fun hanging out with the family, although as usual, way too short. We arrived late in the afternoon after stopping at the outlet mall, North Bend for a McDonald's refuel, Freddies and Starbucks in Yakima, then finally down the raining, thunderstorming trail home. It was a very beautiful drive out on the reservation, with everything all green and growing. Thomas was calling for Jakey and Drew all drive long, and I frequently had to remind him that daddy and mommy didn't forget, it's just a LONG drive to get to them. Thomas would say, "See Drew, see Jakey, mommy." "Want see Nana, farm, want see them." When we got out there, he seemed to remember everyone much quicker then before and warmed right up to both Nana and Papa. The house looked great with new flooring and mom and dad have partially moved out to their new trailer, which allows us to sleep in their bedroom. It will be great for them to have their own space where they can go out and enjoy some privacy and away time/downtime, read a book, watch a Western, or do nothing. Although the weather didn't cooperative and was cold and rainy, we had a lot of fun hanging out with the kids, playing with Grace, and running around the farm. Grace is quite the big girl now, and very quick to flash a beautiful smile your way. It's so cute to see Jake playing ball and playing so nice with Thomas, and it was a lot of fun to hang out with Drew and toss the baseball back and forth. I can hardly believe my "firstborn" baby is such a big little man playing ball out in the yard where I remember throwing balls with dad. It's pretty amazing to sit back and watch these little ones running around the yard playing together, in a yard I still feel echoes with the voices of Andrea and I exploring our own little "Little House on the Prairie."

It was tough to leave so early the next morning, but good that they also had a BBQ to get to as well. I didn't feel so bad knowing that they'd be occupied with something fun for the afternoon. We'll see them again in a few weeks for Silverwood, and that will be a blast.