I started this painting a year ago during raspberry season.
I pulled it out last night around 11 pm …painted until 1:00 am, climbed into
bed and couldn’t sleep. Such is my life…I’d rather paint than sleep.
This painting also reminded me of this past week with Kristi, Jackson and Sadie - they came for a visit right during raspberry picking season. So I decided to make a post of our fun week!
but aren’t they cute?!
30 minutes playing a make-believe baseball game!! |
The highlight of the day was eating at Red Lobster in Pocatello.
For a 4-year old, Jackson has the tastes buds of an adult! He asked for crab legs! I wish we had a picture of him eating them. He loves crab - cracking the shell, getting the meat, and eating it!
The highlight was touching a real lobster!
At church on Sunday Jackson raised his hand to answer a question (He always had “2 things to say” letting others take their turn before raising his hand to say “2 more things” – cute!) for one of his comments he said in one sentence with no pause, as if they were a connected: “Jesus died on the cross because of mean men and I pet a real lobster!”
Jackson fishing |
Grandma, Sadie, and Jackson, with Grandpa fishing in the background |
Grandson following Grandpa! |
Sadie did her own kind of fishing! |
Jackson fished a good portion of the day. We thought he was
oblivious to the fact that he didn’t have a hook on the end of his line. But
later that night his mom told him that they might go fishing with their dad when
they returned and would have to buy him his own fishing pole. To this comment he said: “this
time I want a fishing pole with a hook.”
Jackson sitting on a rock in the middle of the river fishing where Grandpa was earlier. |
This was our biggest catch of the day! Grandpa Quack Quack
(his acquired nickname from Jackson because he can speak “Donald Duck”
language) wondered if he also was missing a hook!
I squeezed in my favorite thing to do at Warm River - watercolor painting! |
Two other highlights of their trip were riding in Grandpa
Quack Quack’s sports car and on his lawn mower! The simple joys of childhood!!
Jackson & Sadie in Grandpa Quack Quack's sports car! |
Sadie on lawn mower with grandpa |
All on her own, Sadie ran up to Grandpa and thanked him for the lawn mower ride! |
We miss you Kristi, Jackson and Sadie!! Our house seems awfully quiet without your smiley faces but I bet your dad is glad you're back home! Don’t forget, Sadie and Jackson, to always keep smiling so you can be in our smiley club!! (We face-timed them on the night they returned back home. Hanging on their wall was a white paper plate with a smiley faced drawn on it. All on his own, Jackson drew the smiling face and had it hung up to remind them about the smiley club!)
This is so sweet and fun to read, Trudy! -Love Brooke
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