Home!!

Last evening before Missy and Thom get home. We thought we would go for a walk as there was a concrete truck pouring a patio down the street. The kids loved it. When the concrete truck left, he drove past our house and even honked at the kids! They sure loved it.







Here we are sitting on the floor waiting for "Mom and Dad" to get home. As we were sitting there they walked in! What a surprise. I am not sure the kids understood that they were home...they just stared at them for a few minutes. Eventually the smiles came!

And they all left. Peace and quiet in our household. The dogs came out and everything seemed back to normal.

But it was almost too quiet...

More Fire Station Photos

The kids were very good listeners as Dave explained things to them.

Day Four Fire House Visit

Missy and Thom are leaving Las Vegas tonight. So, one more full day and then life goes back to the way it was. I have this horrible feeling that Missy and Thom are going to take a flight somewhere else....

Since Dave is the Safety Director he is the chief for the fire department. We decided to take advantage of that and give the kids a little tour. The guys on duty were terrific, giving us full access to all the trucks. We went in the ambulance, sat in the fire truck, saw the tanker trucks. Dave showed the kids how the firemen hang all their hose lines to dry them out. Tommy was quite interested in that! ?We even saw a big tow truck getting one of the ambulances hooked up. Must have worked too hard and needed a rest! (I know how that ambulance feels....) The kids got little fireman hats and coloring books and stickers. When they were in the ambulance they each received a toy.

Al and Jessica met up with us and then came over afterwards to try and coax the kids into eating. Didn't go well. Oh well, must be nap time. Note Jessica's nice birthday purse.....

Daddy's Brave Boy

Today I told Tommy that it might rain. Out of the blue, he said he was not worried about thunder and lightening, as his Daddy gave him his Brave so he wasn't afraid anymore. Ahhhh...

Day Three---Going Great!

Breakfast was waffles that Missy had made earlier and we warmed up. Mmmm. The weather was pretty cool and damp so our one trip outside this morning was short lived. Not because the kids wanted to come in, but because I did! With these two active kids I hadn't taken a shower yet so I wasn't anxious for anyone I knew to drive by. HA!

After Dave got home from work, and the kids up from their naps, we went to Stein Garden Center. It was still a little cool to walk around outside, so we checked out the outside fun animals. If the kids were good, we promised them we would buy some cars from K-Mart. They were, so we did. When we got home I made dinner and Dave and Gunner checked out the kids new cars and trucks.

Seems as though we are getting a nice schedule down and I am picking up on their behaviors. Can't control them, but I can anticipate them! Just in time for Missy and Thom to get home and take over. 37 hours or so.... not that I am counting.

Two of a Kind!!

These kids really tire me out! Dave had to go back to work for a meeting tonight so it was just me and the rug rats! Missy said the bath would be fun for them. Oh yeah, it was for them. Thank goodness we had bathtime to clean all my walls. I haven't washed them in awhile...

Then came toothbrush time. Those kids should have the shinest teeth in town. They love their little electric toothbrushes....

Missy sent a photo of some dinasaurs out in Las Vegas. So I let Tommy call her and talk. Grandma learned a lesson...don't let the kids talk to Mommy and Daddy after the first day. After finally prying his hands of the phone he went right back to playing with his cars.

And to bed for all of us.... Good Nite!

Day Two - After the Naps

MMMM...we had french fried frog legs for lunch. With Ketchup. Savannah was up first from her nap so we were outside playing waiting Tommy to get up. When he did, we went outside and helped Grandpa rake up the lawn so we could plant some grass seed where the grass had died over the winter.

It turned out to be a much nicer day than was originally predicted.