When I had surgery on June 10th to remove the metal from my arm, my mom came to stay for ten days. I am extremely grateful that she was able to come and help out, especially when Michael ended up going back East for nearly five days of that. I didn't have to worry about cooking or cleaning and had an extra set of hands to help with our busy children. I definitely recovered faster because I was able to rest more. While Grandma was here we took her to some of the things we like to do so that we could share them with her, and she did some things with us that she likes to do.
Grandma helped Benjamin and Bekah make picture books with pictures of Jesus, the prophet, and pictures they had drawn on bright colored paper. Bekah was so delighted with "my book!" that she would not let it go and slept with it that night. Benjamin had to make sure the book made it into his Sunday bag so that it would go to church with us on Sunday.
Aunt Joy came up for an over-nighter and we took her and Grandma to the dinosaur museum. Both Joy and Grandma were impressed and we spent over two hours there looking at artifacts (we usually race from exhibit to exhibit and are done in about an hour or so). It was nice to take time to look at things instead of just running after children, though they did race to their favorite activities and spend extra time there waiting for everyone else to catch up.
We went to the Gardens and I toured it via wheelchair (that was Friday or Saturday after surgery). This hide and seek picture was taken by the fish pond. Can you find the frog in the lily pads? I give you a hint: he's tummy is light green.
Benjamin posing for pictures. Somehow he knew we had the cameras out.
Dad trying to take pictures of Bekah
Walking with Grandma
