1/2 Birthday

 Yesterday we took the girls, Dani & Tatum and Mackenzie, to the airport.  We had to have them there by 5, and then mom and dad's flight didn't  come in until 10.  Well there was little reason to turn around, drive home, wait an hour then drive back; so we had to kill time.  We went to Ihop, which the kids always LOVE.  Then we went to Barnes and Noble.  We sat in the children's section for 2 hours reading.  Everyone was happy as could be and the only fuss I had was when we left the store empty handed.  The only thing that got me out of there without actual tears was the fact that they were stunned into a stupor since that was a pretty much an unprecedented occurrence. 
We went back to the airport and watched places land and take off and enjoyed the escalators and moving walk ways until finally they arrived.  The kids were sooo excited and happy to see them.  Me too.  I am glad they came to visit and look forward to some happy days together.

On another note the 3 girls got stuck in Denver, due to bad weather, and didn't arrive home until after 3am (Utah time)  Poor girls.  I am sure they were exhausted.

This morning Lu was writing something and asked me the date.  I told her July 20th and she exclaimed "What! that's my half birthday!!! Can we make a cake?"  So we did, and Grandma even had a special surprise for her which turned into a very handy and timely half birthday present.

We had a fun day.  We watched Jenna's TREK video, made some meals, did a tour of scenic Leonardtown, went to Wal-mart, played Quirkle and Phase 10, read about Elijah, and R took Dad to cubs with him and E, while H went to Activity Days, and they got to talk about airplanes, and pilots and see cool videos and have  a visit with Dave Nelson, our favorite test pilot.