One of my dear friends, Jessica Macdonald was visiting from Hawaii and was able to
stop by and chat for a little. It was so great seeing her and her daughter Emma.
Mara & Emma were best friends before they moved and would hang out almost every day
together. I hope that they can continue to be friends and keep in touch through the years.
I had opened the coat closet to get out the vacuum and Melody swooped in to play with the boots
and hats on the floor. She certainly has her own style and loves to have the play food in her mouth.
Later that day I gave Melody her bottle before her nap and found her like this:
sitting in the toy stroller with her milk and two sippy cups full of water.
July 7th was Grandma Tolman's birthday.
Her one wish was to be with her grandchildren.
We went to her house for cake and ice cream, played a new game on the front lawn. There are two
teams with different colored balls. A white ball is thrown out first, then the teams take turns with
their colored balls and try to get as close to the the white ball as possible to win the game. We
played it a few times, first with kids v kids, then dads v moms, then kids v parents. It was a lot of fun!
Melody loved all the balls and we had a hard time keeping her away from all of them.
Melody loves Alex and he loves to play with her. He has always been good with the little ones.
Happy Birthday Tammy!!!
That night she had all the grand kids sleep over (not including Olivia & Melody)
and play games. In the morning after breakfast we gathered our children then
headed up to the airport to see Jacob come home from his mission!!!
We got there early and the airplane was delayed a bit, so it seemed like we waited forever to see him.
The Stradling's will be complete once more!
These boys spent a lot of time at Grandma's house making this banner for him.
They were very precise with the lettering and measuring it all out.
These kids made posters too!!
Waiting and waiting.
Finally!!! He was home!!!
And they are complete!
These boys LOVE to play Smash Bros so much that they have shirts of the game. They planned to wear
their shirts that day, just for Jacob! Jaina loves the game too and has a shirt with Rosalina on it.
After the airport we went to Red Robin for lunch. It was great to be together as a family. It was a long
morning and Melody was exhausted. Her falling asleep in the car happens more often lately, especially
when she has a bottle. I just love how she fell asleep this time, with the bottle still in her mouth.
After we got home I was able to go to a late lunch with friends because Annika was in town
from California! It was awesome because our choir teacher from Mountain View was finally
able to join us. It's because of her and her class that we became life long friends.
It was such a great few days filled with family and friends.
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