Funeral and Home Improvements

 Funeral

The girls asked a lot of questions about heaven and death this Monday because we were attending Great Grandpa Bell's Funeral. It was a great week for the Come Follow Me lesson about heaven and where we go after this life. I felt bad for shutting down some of their questions at certain times, but I explained that there are certain times when there needs to be quite reverence. They were both happy to be included in singing Nearer, My God, To Thee during the funeral, and both had feelings of sadness, too, that we got to talk about. The girls also never wanted to leave because they were having so much fun with their cousins, but Chris had to be back at work, so we drove home after the family lunch. We made it home in time for unpacking and a little relaxing before bedtime. 

Cement

Our DIY home improvements can only go so far, and we have to hire people for certain things, like pouring and leveling a cement pad! We are lucky to have a friend with connections, though, so we got a great price for it, and he stayed to help put the kids' handprints in for memories. We also had to buy a kiddie pool to catch extra cement when they cleaned out the truck, so we now have it in the backyard so the kids can have a lot of fun. I'm glad it cleaned out so well, and the small hole that was punched in it was fixed with a heating tool and some of the extra plastic from the side of the pool. The girls were excited to bring every water toy we had to make it a party on Saturday morning and make Adrian's pool day super fun.

Fun

As for the rest of the pictures, we have some pretty cute and silly kids. Adrian likes to read books now in his own little chair and sometimes makes sounds trying to copy the sounds I make for the animals. He also plays with toys in a way that makes Claire and Shay laugh and want to copy him! The roller blades we ordered came in, so the girls have been wearing them around the house and wanting to bring them to the park and try the skate park. They aren't quite ready for that level of roller skating yet, though, so they have to wear their pads outside. Adrian also got his first haircut! I mostly got rid of a lot of the back and a little off the top because he kept trying to grab my hands when I would do the top. Now all his cute baby curls are gone and I'm still getting used to it.