Sweet Home Montgomery

This past week the kids and I went to Montgomery to visit with my parents and for Kirby Rose to take swimming lessons.  We did this last summer and it was such a refreshing time for all of us.  This year was even more eventful and reviving … I left my camera and laptop in Bishop with CR!  It's a good thing because even if I wanted to, I would not have had a chance to work … at all.  We were blessed with a trip to the Downtown Aquarium adventure, fun swims at the pool everyday, a little shopping, some fresh blueberry picking and a shower for sweet baby Beckett.  With all that, and the fact that Patton loves my parent's stairs but is not quite sturdy enough to go down them by himself, I am worn out.  Worn out is actually an understatement.  Puttered out is more like it.  And the kids decided to be like roosters this week and crow with the sun, so there is that.  But completely worth it for them to make memories with Grammy, Paw Paw and cousins, and Aunt E.

 One of MY favorite things about going to Montgomery is getting to walk or jog on great roads and walkways.  We do it every time we are there, and this time we walked to the donut shop that is now RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.  Blows my mind.  

 Carousel selfies!

 This was supposed to be "fierce", but I got the loser memo.  Go figure.

 Patton's first yogurt cup of his own!

 Thursday Patton went along to the swim lesson, and hated the water.  Scrame.  Even when we tried just the baby pool.  He was having nothing of it.

 But Friday he couldn't get enough of it!

 The below video is huge for Kirby.  Huge.  Let me fill you in … we live 30 miles from the nearest pool.  We never go to the pool.  Last summer we went to my parents and swam the week of her lessons and that was it.  The start of lessons this week, so was timid.  She didn't cry, but she did her own thing. By Friday, she was going under for 8 seconds and jumping to get the toys.  I know 3 almost 4 year olds that can do backstroke, but this is a milestone for my beautiful ball of fire.

 Patton decided he likes sleeping with blankets while we were away.  3 blankets to be exact.

Beckett's shower was so sweet.  Kristin was a wonderful host and it was so kind of her to open up her beautiful home for us to use to celebrate life.

 And there is always a not so glamorous part of our days …. the ride home was tough.  I wish I could say she was crying as we left because she didn't want to leave.  No, this was fit #4 of the 6 hour trip today.  

 Home sweet Bishop …

And I want to shout this from the rooftops:

This week was a great week for me to breathe, even if it was with toes in my ribs every night.  I needed the reminder of why God blessed me with my 2 beautiful babies.  Why God chose me as a farmer's wife.  As I have been getting inquiries and my fall calendar is filling up with my new schedule, I am so thankful that I am cutting back on the sessions I take.  I can already feel the refreshness (word??  spellcheck says no but I like it) of it all.  Thank you Lord, for putting my feet in front of one another when I can not walk.  Thank you for being the breath when I feel like I can not breathe.  Thank you for redeeming me and giving me more in this life than I knew I needed.