Siena has been quite the world traveler these past few weeks!  When Siena and I came back from KC (and had to leave Daddy there…oh so hard…), we drove to Salt Lake City with my parents to visit with my grandparents (mom’s parents) who live there.  My grandpa used to pastor a Nazarene church in Utah and they have since retired there.  Siena was such a good girl on the roadtrip and barely cried at all!  She had never met my grandparents before, so this was extra special for me.  We had so much fun and ate waaaaay too much.  My Bo is an excellent cook and she knows all of my favorite foods, so I was sunk before I even stepped foot in the door.  Ginger cookies, lemon bars, homemade biscuits and bread, licorice…oh boy!  I know I gained weight!  When we came back to Colorado this week, I think Siena was disappointed that she only had me to hang with everyday.  She enjoyed all of the doting attention she received there everyday and had so many people to play with and read stories to her!  Enjoy the photos!

We got back into town late on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday afternoon, I heard a funny noise coming from the basement.  I went down to check it out and discovered our water heater was leaking water at a rapid rate and had filled one corner of our basement already.  Thankfully, it was a corner that we didn’t have any boxes and I caught it just in time!!  Thank you, Lord!!  I called my Dad and we turned the water off, but I was pretty stressed at this point.  Within the same 10 minutes that I discovered the leak, my phone rang and it was our Home Showing Service saying there was a realtor and her client outside my house and could they come view our home - right now.  NOW?!?  It was 3:30 in the afternoon and I had pretty much decided we weren’t going to have a showing that day, so I had luggage and laundry out around the house, my bed wasn’t made, I had dirty dishes on the kitchen counters, and now our basement had water everywhere!  I had just plopped Siena down in the living room and threw toys all around her to keep her occupied while I dealt with the water heater.  And they wanted to view the house NOW?  I cried.  They came in, but they were greeted with one stressed out, crying home owner.  The only thing I could think to tell them was that we were about to add a new selling feature to the home - a new water heater!!  Brother me.  In the end, they said they weren’t interested in the home.  REALLY?!  I’m shocked!!  :o)  At the time, I was about to come unglued, but now I can look back at it and laugh.  God has a sense of humor, doesn’t He?  My dad was able to come over and replace our water heater and all is calm on the home front again.

In other news…Ry comes home for a visit this weekend!!  YEAH!!!  Siena and I are READY!!!  It’s time!

PopPop keeping Siena warm during a stop on our drive to Utah!

Playing with Granny Bo…

Snuggling with Gg…

Loving story time with PopPop and Gg!

I love this photo…just out of the bathtub!  Cute and squeaky clean!

Lunch with Aunt Ramie this past Thursday!