A Weekend Away

A couple of weekends ago, we headed west to Sioux City.  My cousins that were down here in July were also at my parents that weekend.  Once again, the kids had a blast together.  There was not much of the weekend that went by that those two were not together.  Olivia, being the older one (by 3 mo.), decided she would  make the decisions.  That was my nice way of saying she liked to boss Layne around.  We heard alot of, "Yayne, come here.  Yayner, Yayner."  The poor kid didn't know what to think.

My dad just completed a garden.  They spent alot of time playing in it.  Olivia discovered the cherry tomato plant.  She was eating the tomatoes like they were covered in chocolate.

 On that Saturday, Julie (Layne's mom) and I decided that we would have a nice bonding time with our children and take them to the Kid's Clinic at Lowes.  They were going to build a school bus.  Once we got the kids past the lawnmowers and down to where the clinic was to take place, the kids had already lost interest in doing the bus.  Olivia sat for the most part and helped with the hammering.  The poor table!!  I think it got hit more than the nails did.  I would show you the finished product, but Layne bailed out before they got that far.  And for Olivia's bus, it was crooked in some places.  We also got to spend sometime with my grandma, aunts, uncles and cousins that we don't see that often. 

We had a really great weekend.  It is always nice to get away and relax.