Grandma's Visit

My mom able to come to Texas to visit us about 3.5 weeks after Oliver was born. It was sure nice to have her come out. Especially after all the recovery madness. She helped do a lot of deep cleaning of things I couldn't get to the last trimester of pregnancy and after surgery. She also had fun with the kids. I sure appreciated all she did and that she was able to take the time to come out. 

In recent years it seems she has acquired some seriously kid-friendly entertaining skills. The first being that she knows how to make these magically large bubbles AND in case you didn't know.......
magically LARGE bubbles = magically happy kiddos! 

It's one of the perks of having a grandma who is a "professional" clown. Yes, literally. No, I am not joking. You can just call her "Tizzy the clown" if you like. 

Yes, she shared the recipe and the trick, so if you want to learn...I'll share it for 5 bucks. ;) 

Skill #2. Tizzy can magically turn any grandchild into their secret creature within... 

in the wink of an eye. 

This day Warren was a snake and Ben was a puppy. 

 She also brought my little brother Ethan. It was great to have him and get reacquainted with him. Each time we go to Utah he is usually at school or off doing something so we don't get a lot of time together. It was nice he shared his musical talent with us all week by playing the piano most of the day. He is very funny and has some serious "charm skills" he has been working on. lol

She helped Weston hold down the fort so I could make a few appearances at girls camp. I was the assistant stake camp director again this year but could not go for obvious life events. I was sad I missed out on going for the whole week but still made it up to give the opening kick off speech and for a few other key moments. (More to come on camp 2011, later.)

Thanks for coming mom. We appreciate all your help and we love you!