The Everyday

Emi and I spent our morning at library story time and then My Gym.  Emi doing "Rock-a-baby" before story time. Marty had an earlier softball game and I didn't have YWs today, which meant that Emi and I could go to his game! I'm Chatham's softball team's bad luck charm. Every time I come they lose haha! They've had a great season so far, but today they had bad loss. Marty had a good attitude about it, though, and Emi loved playing on the playground. She made a few friends--one girl close to her age, and then two sisters ages 6 and 10 (?). It was so cute to watch the older girls love on Emi and play so sweetly with her. Kids have the biggest hearts. 

 Emi and I went to the HR library with Summer, Ronny, and Jules in the morning. They were doing an ocean theme for story time  and had some "baby sharks" made out of felt. Emi loved them and talked about them the rest of the day! Afterwards we all walked over to Civic Green to splash around and met up with Andy and her kids.  Another thing that was exciting from today is that Emi started saying the second half of her ABCs from "Q" onward. I love this phase she's in--where her vocabulary's just expanding rapidly! Marty and I are always amazed with what she's able to say.

We made it home yesterday! Emi was very excited to have a suitcase to play with today. She loves putting things in the suitcase, zipping it up, grabbing more things, unzipping the suitcase, and then re-zipping it up.

We had the Rosen family reunion at Pagosa this year!  The crew that came was Mom & Dad, Dave & Steph (Ings and Huck), Bubs, Grandma Furner, and Marty & I (Emi). We got to Pagosa late Wednesday night, and then headed home on Sunday morning. Unfortunately there was a bit of sickness going around, but other than that everyone seemed to have a good time! (In hindsight I also was maybe too up tight because I just wanted everything to go smoothly and also take good care of Pagosa... but you live and learn!) Here is our family reunion by pictures... Waterfall Hike 4 Wheeling around Camp. Ranger ride Mom taking Grandma Furner for a ride on the 4 wheeler. We loved having grandma with us! Cousin bath time. Pinata time! Steph's doing a pinata for her first time. Marty was the one to get the candy out of the pinata. He had a killer swing. Huck and Grandpa. Hiking into the box. Emi and Ings both did some climbing. Rock climbing. Peep Marty at the top! I didn't make it very far.....

In the morning we swam in Grammy and Papa's pool. Emi loved going off the diving board! I love that she's always willing to try new things. I am re-remembering how fun the pool is. Why have I been lame for the past few years and just gravitated to the hot tub? It's so much fun swimming in the pool and jumping off the diving board! After nap time, Emi and I picked up my mom to go shopping for Pagosa. I always loved going grocery shopping at Harmon's with my mom growing up, so this reminded me of the good old days.  Emi and I went back to the Shaeffer's in the evening, and hung outside after dinner. Marty, Emi, Dan, Angela, and I played "duck duck goose" on the tramp and Emi sent a little plastic red boat down Grammy and Papa's river over and over again. Before we went inside to put Emi down for the night, Angela taught me the beginnings of learning a backflip on the tramp. Now I just need to practice a bunch! Summer don't end!

Allyse J. and I went out for lunch together today! It's been so long since we've last seen each other. We both did Dance Co in HS and then roomed together for 2 years at BYU. It's crazy seeing the way our lives are each playing out...I'm glad we were able to catch up!

Marty ran a Spartan today! He and his crew all killed it. For dinner, we went over to Jackie and Nate's place. Jackie had prepared the yummiest Mediterranean spread and I ate sooo much pita. We also got to meet the newest addition to their family, Darwin! He's such a cute pup with lots of energy. It's always good spending time with family!