Plan C

Well...Steven's stuff still didn't go through yet. Friday they said 24 hours, but that is on a weekend, so he is home for another week. He will go to this training after the other training. But he is home for another week. I had been waiting to update the blog until he left, but I will just do it now. We have been enjoying spending time with him this week. The weather has been fabulous, so we have spent a lot of time outside, going to the park, for walks, and seeing friends.

She loves to hid in the lockers at station 2.

Her favorite game 

Being silly

Swinging with daddy

Jump!

Picking rocks to throw in the water

Checking out the cows

Picking a flower for mom, that she then asked for back.

We went to Target during Awana to get stuff for his trip. 

Playing catch-up

This week has been very busy, and next week will be,  too. So since I haven't updated in a while, I thought I better do it while Emma is doing this: 

We have been busy and she hasn't been napping as much, so after falling asleep in the car on the way to Awana, Emma spent the first half hour in my lap. 

She did go to her class finally, and got this sparky pink flower pen. Oh, and our 'favorite' thing to hear every morning and all throughout the day is, "will you talk for Minnie Mouse?"

Oh you know, just doing what every three-year-old does, singing to some  

Gaither music into her Hello Kitty pen. 

Being silly at the park

Having Bible study with her puppies. 

Playing pool with Daddy after dance class. 

I love her face. 

Craziness

Well...change of plans. Steven's security clearance didn't go through in time so he is home instead of in training. However, he will have to go back and do his training next week, which means he leaves this weekend and won't come home before he really leaves. So this will be our last week before he leaves. Here are a few pictures from the last couple of days. 

Emma did this while I was at a women's retreat. They are hanging on the cross. 

And she gets very upset if you touch them. 

This is what my stroller tire looks like. So instead of running...

We just went for a walk. It's very nice out this week.

Wearing sunglasses like mom. 

Emma has a cold and she woke up super early yesterday, and couldn't make it all day. She fell asleep on me for a while before we went to the airport to pick up daddy. 

Sorry for the bad picture, but Emma loves the escalator. We rode it several times waiting for daddy. 

She found the pink section. 

We are all very tired...as in brain not functioning correctly. Hopefully we can all get rested up before this weekend. 

Daddy's and girls

Last night we went to the Kauffman's house for dinner to celebrate both Steven and Austin completing the EMT course and passing the national EMT certification test. It was a long time coming. Emma loved to watch their baby, who is 7 weeks old. She also loved her pretty skirt. It was a fun night. And tonight the 3 of us went out to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner after dance class. Emma decided to sit with Daddy tonight, and they sat over there snuggling, telling secrets, and other adorable things. :) she sure is going to miss him when he leaves.  But they will get some good time this weekend when I go to my PWOC women's retreat. I am coming home early to take Steven to the airport for his training in Texas. (He will get to come home for a week after this training.) but it has been nice to spend some good time with him even though he has been so busy. 

Raelynn, Austin, Emma

Snuggling

Smiling for mom

Watching tv

Telling secrets

Being silly

Eating daddy's nose

Cutting fruit

Yesterday Emma got her own set of fruit that she can cut. She loved it and has been making 'smoothies' for us all. 

In her pretty dress, on the way to church.

Pepper wanted to check it out, too. 

Some of the coloring was off, so we had a little trouble figuring them out. 

Making a smoothie

It's so loud!

We had to wait for instructions...

Adventures at Lowes

Today Emma and I went to a kids workshop at Lowes. They have these kits of things for each kid to build. Today they were making Valentine's picture frames. Emma had a blast. And on the way in we saw flowers, so of course we got some...and we will attempt to keep them alive. 

Using the 'banger' as she calls it.

She was too short for the table, so we improvised. The concrete bags behind us would have made a good step if they weren't 80 pounds. 

All done!  She looks so big.

Planting our flowers. I will give you one guess to figure out which one Emma picked. 

Watering.

I went to remove the soil out of here, and realized there is something alive growing in here! Something I apparently couldn't kill...I had fake flowers in here so I didn't water them, but they must have gotten enough rain to live. God is a much better gardener than I am. :) we will keep watering it to see what it is, since I can't remember.

All done! Real flowers!