Last Saturday was super fun but super exhausting. We met my parents, Grandma & Granddad and Rayden, Kolten & Zenna at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival. We had never been before and it was really neat. When we first got there the kids were playing on the fun little play structures and with the toys that are setup there. It always melts my hearts to get their little hugs & kisses. And they are all so adorable with Baby Claire, I can't wait till she is old enough to play with them. So after a little while of them playing around we were going to go check out the tulips. Kolten (4) face planted the dirt crying and saying that he didn't want to go look at flowers. My Mom scooped him up and off we went. And we got over there and the kids had a blast. They were running around pointing out the flowers that they liked. Poor Zenna (almost 2) was strapped into her stroller; those tulips never would have stood a chance against her. And I had Claire in our new little front pack carrier and she was just loving it. Her little arms and legs were going a million miles an hour. It probably feels amazing to her to feel the sun on her face and breathe fresh air after being cooped up inside for all but like 2 days of her life. We will definitely be making this a yearly tradition, Levi had great fun taking some beautiful photos. As we were walking back to the kid area, Kolten was trying super hard to hold both Claire's and my hand. And he was saying how he wanted Claire to go down the slide with him. I kept having to remind him that she is much too little. Then he said that I could go down with her, haha, that would be a sight to see. I don't know how many times we had to pry Rayden (7) away from the rubber ducky races. Kolten and Rayden went on one of those big bouncy toys and they were having a ball. And that's about the time Claire had a meltdown so we had to leave, but it was a super fun!
Then we went home and shortly after arriving, Levi's family showed up. We packed a quick, little lunch and jumped in the car and went on another covered bridges excursion. We saw 6 new ones down east of Eugene/Springfield. It is amazing how different each one is but yet they are all so similar. And one of the ones we came upon was on a beautiful lake that we had never even heard of before. It was Lake Dexter. There were some rowing boat races going on so we watched that for a minute, wow, they are fast! We're thinking about going camping out there this summer. After an exhausting day (Claire was pretty fussy in the car), we had dinner at a little Chinese restaurant in Springfield and oh my goodness was it ever delicious.
Yesterday I had to have a cavity filled. It was actually super quick and painless but still not very fun. I miss the days when my mom would pay us for not having cavities. Now not only do I not get paid if I don't have a cavity, I actually have to pay for it! Big bummer especially because my teeth suck and 90% of the time I have a cavity. But I suppose that's what I get for having straight teeth and not needing braces. Fergie (aka Levi's Dad) watched Claire while I was there and I came home to a screaming, crying, red-eyed little baby. She cried most of the time I was gone and couldn't stop looking around for me. It took me a while to get her calmed down. I'm glad she loves me but I wish she would be ok when I leave her.
Well I have a horribly messy kitchen calling my name. We had the missionaries over for dinner (fajitas, beans and Spanish rice, yum!) and Fergie as well. So there are roughly a billion dishes and not having a dishwasher = me doing them all day. Have a fantastic day!
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