God's gifts from visiting relatives

Continuing our blessings from California...

- Abel meeting my grandparents for the first time

- My grandma making the most delicious allergy-free meals for us

- Taking the kids to Travel Town -- a hands-on train exploration!






- Adrianna playing in the hotel while Abel and I took a nap
- Abel looking so tiny in our giant hotel bed


- Picking up a few toys for the kids to use
... Like parachute man
- My grandma sharing with Adrianna the dolls she made when I was young
- Abel using the doll stroller to transport his tractors

- Bubble time

- A morning at my aunt and uncle's house

- Meeting the most tame chickens
- Seeing my aunt, uncle, and cousins again

- My cousin, Kristina, sharing her home-made jams and pickles with us
- Kristina taking Adrianna and Abel to hunt for eggs in the hen house, and Abel completely decimating the one he found

 - Adrianna and Abel having wonderful adventures, surrounded by chickens and dogs










 - Moments to catch up with my relatives
- Chickens in bushes
- Nooks that delight the eyes
- Collecting worms from compost to share with chickens
 - Family pictures


- An afternoon visit with Ashley's parents 
... And Ashley's mom (who just so happened to be my elementary art teacher) introducing us to the most creative park... And bringing boats and cars she made for the kids to decorate and use there


- A sandbox with buried roads


- Abel reading his favorite Farm Stories with Papa
... And Adrianna reading Dick and Jane to him

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