Sunday Drive

Today, we headed to the southern portion of the state to spend the day visiting with friends. Eric had worked with his buddy, Karl before his retirement and they have remained close since. Karl has been to our house a number of times, each time, leaving with an open invitation to visit him and his wife Brenda at their home. So, today was the day we packed up Elaina and headed south.

Karl and Brenda have a phenomenal house in the country and they were more than happy to allow Elaina to toddle around to take in all of the fascinating, new sights around her. We packed her bag ' o' toys for her entertainment but, little did we know that she would be providing her own entertainment. She flirted with Karl and soaked up hugs from them both. Of all of the stuffed animals Elaina has at our house that she has never paid attention to, she couldn't remove herself from Brenda's basket of Ty beanie baby- dogs in a basket. Eric taught her that dogs make a "woof-woof" sound and so for the next 1o minutes - Elaina walked around woof- woofing ! Too cute !

With the temperatures in the mid 90's, it was too hot to be outside so Karl and Brenda prepared the most wonderful feast for dinner straight from the oven ! Mmm ! During dinner, I cannot confirm, nor deny that Elaina was especially good. Let's just say that we got through dinner without any tears and minimal yelling. Elaina didn't shed any tears either and her yelling was somewhat contained. Not bad !

What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon !
Karl and Brenda - Thanks for a wonderful day together !