Memorial Day 2011

This morning when Samantha woke up, we had breakfast and headed right out to the park. By 9 AM it was already over 80 degrees outside. Samantha loves going over to the park and is learning that she has to hold Mommy and Daddy's hands to cross the street.

She loves climbing....but she still needs a little help, which is where Daddy steps in.

Checking out the whole world from the top of the tower.

She gets so proud of herself when she does something all by herself...like climb the rope ladder.

Going down the ramp...counting each step...and jumping off at the bottom!

After our morning at the park we headed over to Jim and Libs for a cookout. We got there early to socialize because we knew we would have to leave no later than 12:30 PM. (Samantha runs on clockwork...she always naps at 12:30 PM) Samantha really enjoyed walking out in the garden while Pa, Pawpaw and Uncle Larry were tilling the ground. Maybe she will be a little country girl afterall. After eating, we got the sprinkler out and Samantha took a little time warming up to it. But after a little while she would say, "Ready. Set. Go" and run thru. She also wanted everyone else to go thru the water with her..."Mommy's turn!" "Daddy's turn" so we all ended up leaving wet!

Samantha fell asleep in the car on the way home from Jim and Lib's and slept until 4 PM. Jeff and I were in the living room hanging pictures up and I said to Jeff I thought I heard her door knob jiggling. He said it had to be the wind from the fan. So I went upstairs and opened her door, without even taking a step in her room, I said, come on out and show Daddy what you did. And she trotted right on out! So Jeff came upstairs and we put her in her crib and asked her to do it again....in less than 30 seconds she was back out of her crib. We are going to have to come up with a creative way of keeping her in her crib. We are not ready for her to be mobile at night!!! I digress... After Samantha woke up, we headed over to Nick and Mandy's for another cookout. After eating we got the sprinkler out again. The pictures ended up a little blurry but Samantha is the one in the white shirt.

After running thru the sprinkler earlier this morning, she quickly started running thru the water.

Since Grady was naked...Samantha wanted to be naked too. Then she learned that she could pick up the sprinkler and spray the boys, which everyone thought was hilarious.

Over all we had a WONDERFUL time today spending time with our families!!! Life is good.