The girls were outside playing when Jeff got home from work. I was busy making dinner, we exchanged hugs and kisses and then before I knew it I was watching Jeff leave with his swim suit on. I was wondering what he was up to, so I grabbed Sullivan and the camera and followed. Jeff started setting up the waterslide, which sent the girls straight inside to put swimsuits on. He had to connect two waterslides together just to make it long enough for him to slide down. They spent a good amount of time on the waterslide and the girls loved that Jeff was doing it with them. I have such a good husband, a great father for our children. I just love that he plays with them so much.




Soon Sullivan wanted in on the action.

Birds and the Bees

I was laying on my bed with my girls and we were comparing belly sizes. We had just eaten a big Sunday meal, so our bellies were protruding a lot.

Me: Wow London, it looks like you have a baby in there!

London: (looking very concerned) Do I have a baby in my belly?

Me: Oh no sweetie, you are too little to have a baby in there. You need to be much older for that to happen.

Kamryn: How do you get a baby in your belly?

(Pause...Ugh, why do I do this to myself!!!! I started this conversation?! What was I thinking!)

Me: Well...(trying to think of a way to not get into details while still being open enough that they can feel comfortable asking me anything).

London: You have to have a Daddy and be merweed (married).

Me: Yes, that is true. So, you get married to a returned missionary and then...

Kamryn: I know, I know...You make a paper baby doll, then cut your tummy and then put the paper in your belly and then wait for it to turn into a baby. (I had a c-section with London, FYI)

Me: (Laughing on the inside) Well, not exactly, but it was a good thought. You see, when a Mommy and Daddy...

Kamryn: (Interrupting again, thank goodness!) I know...Heavenly Father puts the baby in your tummy.

Me: Right on Kammi! (Phew)

I know I'll have to have this conversation with my kids someday, but right now I am just so grateful they are still young enough to come up with silly ways a baby can end up in your tummy.

Basement

To be continued...

NY Farm Show

I ended up going to upstate New York with Jeff at the beginning of August. I wouldn't say it was a "fun" vacation. It was a lot of work. I stayed in the booth at the show most of the day while Jeff was off contacting people. I really, really wanted to do a good job so that if his company ever decided to send someone on a show with him, that they'd consider me again. Not to toot my own horn, but I did a great job and ended up coming home with 140 referrals. Hopefully most of them are quality. Needless to say though, I was pretty warn out by the end of each day, which also happened to be our only time to go tour the area and check out church history sites. Luckily, we got it all in. I just posted some of the pictures and I will go back and write about everything at a later time. Right now, I've got to get caught up on my blogging again.

Mormon Hill

Whitmer Farm

City Hall in Palmyra

Doesn't this City Hall look like a LDS church building? I guess Palmyra has a law/rule that no more churches can be built because they have way too many. Actually they have 4 on every corner on the two main roads...kinda cool looking. And, that was only on the main road, I can't even imagine how many more they have. Well, when the temple was built and the LDS church wanted to build a stake center right by the temple, the building permit was turned down. So, the church donated the above LDS church to the city and they turned it into City Hall and Palmyra now has a new Stake center right by the temple.