What did we do last week?

Thursday

Tulip Festival

Thanksgiving Point

I've never been to the tulip festival and I have to say, it was gorgeous. Since we have TP passes, we thought we'd try and make it down once a week this summer. This was a fun week; I couldn't believe how many flowers there were. And I've definitely found my favorite. I'm not sure of the name of this tulip but I think it's beautiful and I can't wait to plant some of these at my house this fall.

It was so gorgeous and a perfect day to go down. The weather was wonderful. They had waterfalls, streams, animals and of course millions of flowers!!!

Lydia got to hold a white bunny just like the one she has at home and she also got to hold a baby bunny that was just under 3 weeks old. Precious!!!

Here's Madelyn and Lydia at the Italian gardens. It was breathtaking and these pictures don't do this place justice! We had a great time though!

Friday

Aaron and Jillesha's Wedding Day!

Well, Aaron and Jillesha got married! Leash was a beautiful Bride and we're happy that they FINALLY tied the knot (7 years isn't that long right? ;)

The place was really pretty...more streams and flowers. What a beautiful weekend we had.
I was a nervous wreck though. I was asked to perform at the wedding and before every performance I can't eat anything because I'm so nervous so I didn't get to enjoy the yummy food. So after Dessert, Darcie and I performed a piece called "Meditation" by Jules Massenet.
I played the flute and Darcie played piano. My mom hasn't heard me play in years and since she's the reason I play the flute, Jake recorded it so she could hear it. Of course the video is not downloading so I'll post it later this week. I was happy with it though...I'm just glad I didn't mess up :)

After we got home from the wedding Lydia wanted to stay in the car and "drive" so like any other day I let her. Driving consists of her sitting in the front seat and moving the wheel around. Anyway, she was really quiet and in the garage for a long time so when I went to check on her this is what I found.
She found my bottle of lotion, opened it and spread it all over the leather. She's obsessed with lotion and loves putting it on. I wish I would've known it was in there. The second she saw my face and I said the word "naughty" she just started bawling because she knew what she had done was SOOO wrong. The bright side: my car smells REALLY good now!!!

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For Lydia's summer gift we got her her first tricycle and she loves it although she doesn't know how it works yet. She pushes one pedal but doesn't realize she needs to push the other one to keep going. I know she'll get it eventually!
Saturday

Sammy's B-day party

Kangaroo Zoo

We celebrated Sammy's (nephew on Jake's side) b-day by wearing the kids out at K Zoo. Lydia cried and didn't want to go on anything so I forced her down one slide (she screamed the whole time) and after it was over she said, "We went down the slide huh?" with a big smile on her face. We stayed for a couple hours and every slide we went down, Lydia's face looked like this...

Terrified. She had a good time though, she just doesn't understand the tingling in her tummy yet. Here she is with Lizzy going down a slide.
Lydia and Ben jumping.
We had a great weekend and ended it with witnessing the blessing of sweet little Izabel Watts. She looked absolutely gorgeous in her white dress and we were so glad that we got to be a part of her special day! And WOW, all that food was so YUMMY!! Thanks Watts!