3.8 Years
- I am a bit sad this month because the big kids are ending school and soon I will have to share my days with them also. I have loved having these days with you. You are so special to me. You are my buddy through and through. The flowers are blooming. I took a picture of you holding one of the pink peonies because you wanted to share with Grandma Price how we have pink flowers in our garden. The other day, I took you to the garden store and you helped me pick flowers to plant in my buckets for the porch. You picked all the different types of pink flowers: petunias, snap dragons, and geraniums. It makes up both so happy to see them out there while we snuggle up and read Pinkalicious books together.
- So we have to share about the time that Maggie pranked you with Ghost. We had just watched the Ivy and Bean movie about the Ghost that had to Go. You were down stairs playing with Millie and her friend. Suddenly, there was a ghost sound coming through the Alexa. Then a note got delivered under your door saying Maggie was gone. You girls ran upstairs to try to find her, but she was nowhere. She got so scared. The drawers in her bathroom started to shake. That is when you ran to me and started crying that a ghost took your sister. Dang Maggie was pranking you but you really thought it was a ghost. Millie had to put a ghost-be-gone potion on her Alexa, but it didn't work because a few weeks later, that same dang ghost came back to haunt you.
- Quick trip to Oregon for the Daddy Daughter camping trip. This year you guys went to Florence and camped at a State Park. The weather was cooler, but you Idaho girls didn't let that stop you from jumping in the lake. One of the highlights was riding in the school bus size dune buggy on the sand dunes. This was the last year that all the girl cousins were together because Kaylana was leaving from her mission the day she got back from the trip.
- We got to go on our family vacation to Northern Idaho. . We took the pop up trailer with us, loaded it up with all our bikes, and headed out the Hiwatha Trail first. It is a 15 mile bike ride along the old railroad tracks up in the mountains. You get to go through the old tunnels and over the trusses.We were in my bike seat, so you had a fun time. The dark tunnel scared you a bit because you felt like your light wasn't as bright as it should be. Afterwards, we picked up Panda Express for dinner and set up camp at Round Lake State Park. Dad went on a family vacation to Round Lake when he was a kid, so it was fun to do the same thing with you guys. The next day, we went to Tree to Tree Adventures and played at the beach at Farragut State Park. Sunday was a camp day. We also celebrated Father's Day. We hiked around the lake, kayaked, fish, and rode bikes around the camp ground. The weather wasn't amazing, but we made the best of it. On Monday, it was Silverwood day. This was probably our best experience there. The weather was cooler so there weren't that many crowds. We hit up all the roller coasters first. You hung back with Maggie at first, but then we hit up some of the kiddie rides, which you loved. The raft ride got all our clothes soaked, so when we were at the water park, we landed out all our clothes to dry in the sun. No one was at the water park because it was colder so we didn't have to wait for any lines. When we got out, we hit up the train and Magic show. It started to pour during the magic show, so when we got out, most everyone had left the park. We ended the night just walking onto whatever ride we wanted. It was awesome, though the heater and hot chocolate felt really good when we got back. We spent out last day at Round Lake, playing until the last minute of check out. Then we headed down to CDA Resort for our beloved gooeys. It was such a fun trip.
