Hugs and a Mess

Brendan and Eliza were hugging each other today and it was so cute. I wish that I had my camera there with me. Hugs are so nice. I guess that I should create a backdrop. Eliza really wanted me to hold her but I needed to finish cleaning the pool and get everything done this morning so I told her to wait a minute. She really didn't like this and started to act really sad. Brendan picked up on it and went over and gave her a hug and it made such a difference. Eliza wasn't as sad anymore. I am glad that he is picking up on these emotional clues from his family at such a young age. I love that they love each other right now.

I forgot to post this picture before we left for our vacation. It was so funny. We were out picking weeds one night and Eliza was playing in the dirt and rocks. I needed to come back to the apartment to get a garbage bag to put all of the weeds in so we loaded up the kids in the stroller and came home. In the 30 seconds that it took for us to get to our apartment, Eliza rubbed her eyes and turned out like this. I couldn't stop laughing and luckily I was able to grab my camera really fast and get this picture of our little raccoon! She can be so silly these days and I just love it. This same night I lost my keys, had to call my neighbor over to watch the kids in the bath, said a prayer to be able to find my keys, found my keys after about 20 minutes of searching (we had been everywhere around the complex turning on sprinklers and weeding), and they were hidden in the lining of the stroller. They had somehow slipped in between the lining. What a night. I am glad that Heavenly Father is always aware of my situations and helped me to find my keys. Otherwise I don't know if I could have gone on that fun vacation...that key chain had everything on it! Thanks to Lucy for helping me with the kids that night. I enjoy being surrounded by such good people. We were blessed with good neighbors in Indiana and are getting to know our good neighbors here, too.