1. Last Friday evening I met my mom in Cullman, AL to pick up my niece (Keegan) and nephew (Quinn-Thomas) to spend the week in Prattville with Zach and I! Needless to say, I have been counting down to this weekend for quite some time now. I love spending time with these 2 more than just about anything (except spending time with my Z). While they both can be WILD & CRAZY, they both give the best hugs and kisses and are the most adorable kids to be around the majority of the time! :)
2. We spent lots of time swimming with the babies at our community pool. K and QT love to swim and have so much fun playing in the pool together, and with Zach. Watching K & QT jump in the pool swim to side and do it all over again never seemed to get old. ("one, two, three here I go!")
3. VBS at Zach and my church, Centerpoint, started Sunday and lasted till Tuesday. Luckily, it was in the evening so I was able to help out in K's 4 & 5 year old "red" group. I so enjoyed helping out & singing and dancing to all the VBS songs and K definitely enjoyed attending. As we were leaving Tuesday evening she said to me, "when do we get to come back?" And when I told her that we would come back next year she lowered her head and said "ahhh, we can't come back tomorrow?" I love getting to have a little part in sharing Christ with her.
4. My mom came in town on Wednesday to pick up the littles so that night we took her to our favorite restaurant here in Prattville, The Catfish House! Once again it was so good and the service was amazing! If anyone is ever visiting Montgomery or heading down to the beach and are wanting a meal like your southern grandma would make stop here! They serve their sides family style before you get your meal so my one advice is that you share your meal with someone, I always get so full on the sides (because they are that amazing!) and never get to enjoy their fresh seafood. This time my mom and shared and I left feeling extremely satisfied! They also have old "tractors" and a big fish tank to entertain the littles, so everyone is happy!
5. This week I learned a lot about parenting. It is hard, like REALLY REALLY hard. All you Moms, Mamas, Mommys out there rock! SERIOUSLY! This is the very first time I have ever taken care of K & QT without either my sister (their mom) or my mom (Mimi) and boy am I exhausted sitting here writing this blog. Children require your absolute attention and love. They test your patience and your will. But I would not trade this week spending time with K & QT and watching my husband love these 2 and be loved on by K & QT.
Zach amazed me at how well he did playing "caretaker" while I was at work. Watching these 3 interact made me love each one a little more than I did before (which I definitely did not think was possible). K & QT think Z is amazing, and Z is so proud of the little things the littles do. My heart is so full thinking about these week.
I hope everyone enjoyed their week as much as I did :)
Jordan
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