Well, another busy Saturday has come and gone. In preparation for our upcoming post placement home study next Thursday, Dave and I finally got around to fixing up Joy's bedroom. We found the box with all of her China knick-knacks and hung her shelf. The walls look so much nicer now. While combing through boxes, we discovered some long lost "friends" of Joy, a few stuffed bears and two soft baby dolls to which she immediately grabbed and said, "baby, baby"! I showed her how to rock baby to sleep in my arms and she made a good attempt at it, but ended up just twirling around in a circle (swinging arms back and forth is evidently a higher motor skill...not there yet!)

Ryan is a little peak-ed today. He doesn't seem to handle the heat well and after playing outside with friends for an hour he retired to the couch with a headache for most of the afternoon. We're pushing fluids, but boy he burns a lot of energy!

Enjoyed a visit from my friend Sally and husband Dick. They are considering a move to a new home in Sun City and needed some empty boxes. I think they came to the right place! We gave them about 8 boxes with the promise of many more as soon as we can get to all that sorting in our garage (it's a nightmare how many boxes of "crap" one can accumulate in 10 years!). Joy was quite enamored with Dick and had him wrapped around her finger within a few short minutes. We were actually quite shocked at how friendly she was with him. She normally is quite reserved, but she got upset any time he would put her down. Boy, I think we're in for it!

Happy Anniversary Grandma and Paca Tapphorn!

Blessings and love to you!