Visiting the Smiths

We arrived in Modesto at Heather's and spent the day with her and her beautiful daughter, Haley. The Smiths live in a very warm climate, so they get a lot of use out of their in-ground pool. They especially got a lot of use out of it when we were there, because that's what the girls wanted to do whenever we were home!

Haley spent so much time and attention on my daughters that I was able to rest and relax more than I ever imagined...thanks Haley! She swam with them for hours, played dress up, played in her playhouse with them, took them to see G-Force, and just basically did whatever they wanted or needed. I wish she lived closer : )

The Smith's wonderful pool.

Hours upon hours of swimming. Patience was in heaven...

The clever girls made a slide out of the Boogie Board : )

Patience playing dress up.

Jorydn and Haley.

The girls loved Haley's play house!

We went to their Farmer's Market which had wonderful produce and foodstuffs. Later that day Frank and Heather took us to lunch at a wonderful place called Hilmar Cheese Factory. After lunch, Frank dropped the girls off at the movie theater and Heather and I got a few hours of uninterrupted hen time while Nick napped. That was an unexpected blessing!

Nick discovered Heather's piano and was thrilled that he could make it work!

Nick playing with Auntie Heather after all the other kids went to bed.

Heather gets her baby fix : )

And Nick learns that Auntie Heather is an acceptable substitute for Mommy...

Everybody loves Mr. Smith! Especially Jordyn : )

Jordyn telling Frank a secret (ear-to-ear).

Heather and Nick.

My very reserved daughter.

Miss Haley.

Hilmar Cheese Factory is to cheese what Krause's is to berries. And they serve a very yummy lunch!

On Sunday we joined Frank and Heather at their church but left after the song service, and from there we headed back west to visit with Dad and Edith. We had a lovely 4-day visit with Frank, Heather, Haley, Nolan, and Socks. For more pics of our visit, go look at Heather's blog post. Her camera is much better than mine : )