helping Grandma

When we were there for the fair a couple weeks ago, Becky was Grandma's little helper. She cracked eggs.She watered flowers.
Such a good little helper!

Clay County Fair 2008

We got to go to the Clay County Fair the last weekend. Al and I even took vacation days on Friday so we could have two days at the fair. Brenda and Bode joined us on Saturday. Friday was animal looking day, and Saturday was Midway day. We sure did have fun! Becky discovered Tom Thumb donuts. She ate almost an entire bag all by herself!

our princess

Becky is really into princesses right now. She picked out this lovely crown while we were at a family outing at Wal-Mart. Fun, I know. Anyway...she loves wearing it around. She also wore a Sleeping Beauty like dress at my dad's this weekend, and I could hardly to get her to take it off. Loved being a princess. She kept dancing around, holding the dress...definitely too cute. Of course, I forgot my camera. Good thing I'm sure she'll be playing dress-up for years to come!

Adventureland again!

On the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, we went to Adventureland to celebrate my birthday. We had a blast. Becky and my favorite ride was definitely the Tilt a Whirl. We went on it four times, twice two times in a row! That one's pretty hard to get pictures of, though, so here are some of Becky having a blast on the rides all by herself.

Union Park

Larry and Donna came to visit on August 30. After breakfast, we went to Union Park. The kids had a great time on the carousel. They got to ride it three times!

Becky is so polite. Here she is telling the gentleman thanks for the ride. What a sweetie!
The kids managed to get some playing done too before the park got too busy.Bode was trying to show Becky how to go down the slide. It didn't work this time though. She just turned around and came down the stairs. She's not quite the daredevil that Bode is!

who likes the piano?

I think everyone does! Here's Becky taking a turn.... Dusty seems to have made himself at home....
and so did Chewie!I even get to play it once in a while too. This was such a great purchase to make. Although I'm rusty, it is coming back to me. Becky even let me play for a while tonight while she was watching The Little Mermaid. She never even complained. She just watched the movie right through it. I couldn't believe it. I don't think that hardly even happened when I used to play growing up!

park fun

We had a really good visit with Monte while he was here. It was such a beautiful day that Saturday, the 23rd. We ended up going to the park in Windsor Heights. Becky had fun swinging and playing on the slides.

Emma Jo is one!

Becky and I couldn't make it to Emma's birthday party because Monte came to town, so we went and visited her on her birthday, the 22nd. Hard to believe our great niece is one! She is such a big girl. We had a blast. Emma loved the dollhouse (almost as much as Becky did. Becky still says she wants to go to Emma's house to play with her dollhouse!)

We took her a cupcake since we weren't going to get to see her eat her birthday cake. I don't think she ate much, but she sure was having fun!
Becky wanted to hold Emma. It lasted long enough to get one picture!
Talking on their phones. Must just be a natural instinct for girls to talk on the phone!