Saturday, June 28, 2008

Visit with the Simmons

Wayne and Lila, kids, and grandkids are on a wild vacation welcoming Wayne and Lila home from the Marshall Islands. They stayed here last night in between a trip to the zoo yesterday and a trip to temple square, etc today. I had a lot of fun talking to Lila about their mission and with everyone else about everything else. We got all of Mom's fun toys out for the kids and at one point as they were playing with cars on the floor, Nate looked up and said, "is that all that adults do, talk?" I told him no that after the kids go to bed we turn on the music and dance. He had a perplexed look on his face as he tried to figure out if that might in fact be true =). This morning the kids drew some pictures and wrote letters with the chalk out on the back porch. Nate drew a huge "N" that look up the whole width of the porch.

As they were here I told Rachel and Erin Joy that I had two nieces and a nephew who were going to be living close to them soon and that they would have a lot of fun playing with them. I had to laugh though as they were leaving Erin Joy turned into a cat. I told her that Emma sometimes turns into a dog and that they would definitely have a fun time playing and pretending together!

Erin Joy's self portrait


Rachel's house -- I'm not sure why there is someone falling from the sky upside down beside it





Nate's huge "N" on the left side of the picture in blue. It is a bit hard to see because it is so huge.

3 comments:

Crystal said...

Cute Pictures! I bet you had fun playing with the kids. Although, you seem to have just as much fun with the Gorilla Pod so we know you are easily amused! :) Emma did spend much of her formative years as a dog so hopefully she won't chase Erin Joy allover WA.

Anonymous said...

No, I think that kid dogs and cats play well together =)

Stacey said...

Glad you didn't take a picture of the pottery Rachel broke with a basketball. I am so very sorry about that.

Nate always says whatever comes to his mind. When Aunt LaRee was visiting, he greeted her with "What are you doing here?"

By the way, Erin Joy is still a kitty. She has boxes set up at Grandma's house and she has to eat inside the boxes. She meows when she needs something.