What a busy summer with 2 kids! It is so much harder to find time to write between cleaning house and tracking a toddler and keeping a "bored" 5 yr old busy. UGH! So Marissa is doing so well with her glasses, but won't keep the eye patch on for her 6 hours a day. The longest has been 2 hours and she thinks it's a game of pirates by walking around saying, "Aaarrrgg". It's pretty cute.
We had a busy July... My nephew Ethan turned 1 year old so we went to a wonderful first birthday party in Wilsonville. Dave traded in his "clunker" (mustang) for a new Hyundai Elantra. He loves it (I think it's the air-conditioning he loves) lol. We went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Marissa kept trying to hug the fish tanks. We let her loose in the shark tank tunnel and she kept laying on the dirty floor to look into the windows on the floor. (ewww, she got scrubbed with wipes.) Kids are dirty! :)
Brody was at vacation bible school this week. Nickalee has been taking the boys there every night so I have had some time to get things done. Well, not a lot of time with Marissa following my every move. Brody starts kindergarten this year, he is pretty excited. Marissa is going to miss him. She loves to copy everything he does and play with everything he has. She loves to make him laugh by doing silly things and trying to get his attention. She is starting to flirt with people and cuddle with me more. :) She already has daddy wrapped around her finger.
Jason and Leticia came to Oregon last weekend on their 2 week leave from Iraq. Leticia's son John came to OR as well to meet up with his mom so he could visit with her. We only had a short visit, but was glad we got to see them at least.
So, while we were visiting Jason at my mom's house we got to meet her new kitty, Lacey. She is so sweet. Lacey let Marissa carry her around on her arm and just hung there without scratching. Dave messed with her and she didn't scratch or fight him back. So David announced that I can only have a kitten if it was this kitten. Soooo, I begged my mom and she said no, offering to go retrieve it's brother. Dave said no and kept sending Brody in to pout to grandma saying things like, how can you deny me grandma. So a couple days go by and my mom calls and says, do you want my cat? WOOO HOOO! So I called Dave shopping at Fred Meyer and told him to pick up kitten food. :) My mom got Lacey's sister who wasn't doing well in her new home. So I have a new kitten, we let Brody name her and it is now, "Lady Bella". Thank you mom!
We are so blessed to have the friends and family we have. Love you all!
Kari
