Sunday Visit

My parents came to visit last Saturday. The kids' all-time favorite thing to do with my mom is read. Look how engrossed they are in the story (The Giant Jam Sandwich -- a classic). Berkleigh, of course, never passes up a moment to play with her belly button.

My mom said she needed a nap (entertaining four kids is exhausting, believe me!) and all four kids laid down with her to "sleep". Merlyn is actually a very good pretend-sleeper, but the other three are another story.

While my mom enjoyed her grandkids, my dad was hard at work fixing the dishwasher. He brought the required part from Sears, but had to make a trip to Home Depot to get a different part. The good news is that after a year and three months, I now have a dishwasher again!

I know Tracy especially will be glad to hear that I have a dishwasher now -- she couldn't believe I've been handwashing dishes for so long. The very next day after it was fixed, I had six kids here at breakfast, eight at lunch, and six at dinner, so it really was a time saver. Now I'm enjoying spending less time in the kitchen (and more time knitting!).