Visiting Family

We had a great time visiting family this weekend. We drove over to Crawfordville Friday evening and we only had to listen to Layton scream for about the last 30 minutes of driving, which is pretty good for him. We got up Saturday morning and headed over to Bristol. First we went to the new park behind the Veteran's Memorial Civic Center. It has a really nice playground, but it is all out in the sun, so we got hot pretty quickly and decided to head back to Mama Doris' house for lunch and a swim.

For dinner, Cliff and Chels grilled for us at White Springs. It rained on us for a bit, but after a while it passed and we were able to swim a little more. We actually swam part of the time with it raining, which was kind of fun. Dallin was actually brave enough to jump off of the dock by himself. Granted the water only came up to his waist at the point where he jumped, but that is actually a big improvement for him. He is scared of everything. Mandy is much braver than he is. Isn't she cute doing her "BBBIIIIGGG" jump? Every time she would jump she would point her little toes. Maybe she'll be a diver one day. With all of the excitement going on all day, Mandy didn't take a nap at all. So by the time we were done there, she was exhausted. I think that she was asleep in less than 2 minutes when we got into the car to head back to Aunt Becky's house.
And then when we got there, we woke her up to go inside and then she wanted her juice cup. She then sat on the couch drinking her juice with her eyes closed and her head bobbing up and down. Needless to say we didn't have any problem at all convincing her to go to bed that night. After church on Sunday we had a nice meal at my mom and dad's house and then we headed back to Jacksonville. All three kids were so worn out from all that we did this weekend that they slept the entire time home, a full three hours! It made for a very pleasant trip home!

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Visit to Bristol