Fun with the girls

We babysat for Kaia and Tenley while mom and dad were gone overnight.  Here are some fun things we did.

Sunday morning we went to church.  Kaia was shy about going to Sunday School so she sat with us.  She loved the singing and clapped along.

The girls love singing.  I taught them "The wise man builds his house upon the Rock."  And of course they insisted I sing them "Boomity, boomity, boom, I hear the thunder boom..."

They made masks in Sunday School and  Kaia went in and made one too.

We went to a park afterwards.

We met mommy and daddy for dinner that evening.  

            Seafood in the center of America.

A magic marker manicure for Papa

Our last morning.   Kaia has conversations with her toys.

We dropped Tenley off at preschool.

We said our good-byes and as we drove off, Mindy texted that Kaia was bawling and saying they should follow us.  Isn't that dear?  Sad we live so far away.  But not too far.  We can drive it in less than a day.  

When I was growing up, I didn't see my grandparents but once every 5 years.  Here is a picture of me on my 3rd birthday.  My grandparents were not able to be there and Facetiming was not around either.  Could not phone either.  Allen's grandparents lived right in the same town, so he was super lucky.  God has a place for each of us.

We found a new route that by-passed all that construction we had on our way there.

Home.

A 3 year old - or is she 18?

 The morning we were headed for Colorado, it was rather foggy.

We had decided that we wouldn't leave until 9 anyway, and by that time the fog had burnt off.

We stopped for a picnic lunch.

"Look at the birds.  They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them.  And aren't you more valuable to Him than they are?"  Matthew 6:26

He is not the only one who feeds them.  This little sparrow had built a nest in the rafters of the covered area, a perfect spot to get leftover crumbs!

If you are able to zoom in, Kansas' historical map is rather interesting - and rather sad too.  So many massacres.

The road we take in was under construction.  The city continues to build up and there are many new home developments!  This road is getting busier and they are making it a 4-lane.

We arrived!!  They were as happy to see us as we were them!

It was Kaia's 3rd birthday.  Jason was in the middle of putting together the present Kaia received from their other grandparents.

Time for Kaia to open her other presents!

Jason fixed filets that were so tender and Mindy made such good sides!

I'd made a pumpkin pie because Jason loves that!  He even eats it for breakfast.

                                    How old is she???!!!

Cousins called to sing Happy Birthday to her.

Time to read bed time stories.

It was time for Nani and Papa to go to bed too.