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Vegas Trip and Benjamin

Last weekend Daddy was away in Las Vegas with his friends for a bachelor party. So, we girls had a fun ladies' weekend. :-) Brynn and I started off with a movie on Friday night. 




It was so hot on Saturday, but finally started cooling down later in the evening. And that's about what time it was in these pictures. Clara was eating supper late as she overslept on her afternoon nap!

Starting out pretty clean



 The gang in Vegas. They had gone on an ATV excursion and that's where this was taken.

The tables have turned.


Ooh, this was so cute. Clara had gotten this little book from the Hope teachers at daycare. Brynn was reading it to her (which unfortunately none of those photos turned out for me - I was a little too slow by the time I got my camera out); then Clara had to read it to big sister next.






Our skipper landscaper. She cleans up the grass clippings after Daddy mows. I didn't realize she had been using her shovel. I thought she had been sweeping them up all these times. Our neighbor lady was doing some edging in her yard and had a whole clump of dirt and grass she was carrying in a shovel. Brynn was pleased with how much she had filled up her own bucket and I commented how much the neighbor lady had in her shovel, to which Brynn responded, "she's a good woman." Ha ha.

Tough work



We had a little house guest this week for a night's stay. Cousin Ben was in town getting his tonsils and adenoids removed. He did great and the surgery went well, thankfully. He and Brynn had a great time playing together. He is so hilarious and fun to have around.


We went up to visit him in the hospital and I think he was pretty tired by the time we made it up to see him that evening. He was quite the little trooper.



Brynn requested a picture next to this guy. I think his name is Alfonz or Alfie or something like that. I can't remember. This is just down the hallway from the NICU. It all still smelled so familiar. 


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theweckerlys said…
Ha, she was showing me her grass clipping bucket outside. I didn't realize she had labored with that little shovel to get them all in there! Thanks for visiting Ben and hosting us!

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