my2doodlebugs: September 2009

Last night after we got home from church and got the girls ready for bed I remembered we didn't talk to Bill's Mom to wish her a happy Grandparents Day. (Bill tried to call her earlier in the day, but since she is at the beach, she didn't answer her phone.) I took Allison into Lauren's room and told Bill to try one more time to call her. I was telling the girls to say Happy Grandparents Day to Grandma when she said hello, and Lauren said, "It's not Grandparents Day, it's Grandparents Night!!"
Luckily she answered the phone and the girls wished her a happy Grandparents Day.
I sure miss my grandmother. September 12 marked the one year anniversary of her death. We have pictures of her on the refrigerator and also in my room on my dresser mirror. The girls and I talk about how she is in heaven watching over us. We sure miss you my sweet grandmother.

We were able to take a short vacation over to the mountains this past week with my Mom and Dad. We packed a lot in to three short days. We arrived at the Time Share Tuesday afternoon and the girls hit the pool as soon as we got everything unloaded. The water was a bit chilly and the skies were overcast, but that didn't stop them from swimming. After a short while in the pool, we ordered pizza for dinner and hit Walmart for a few necessary items. Then it was off to bed for the girls. They both slept in the room with my parents. Allison had the crib that my sweet Dad has taken apart and hauled to every place we have ever gone to spend the night for the past two years. The room Bill and I were staying in had a nice King size bed, but the room was not quite large enough to put the crib in, so we set it up in Mom and Dad's room. Lauren always sleeps with Mom and Dad when we are on vacation, so she slept in their room also. Well, of course both girls woke up in the night and no one got much sleep that night. So after that, we let Lauren sleep with Bill and I and Allison stayed in with Mom and Dad. The other nights were much better on everyone.
On Wednesday morning we got up and went to Dollywood. The girls loved being there and riding all their favorite rides. The Veggie Tales roller coaster was open for the first this summer, so they got to ride that. It was a new treat for them. It was also the first time Bill has been with the girls, so they loved having Daddy there.
After Dollywood and Allison's quick nap, the girls got to swim again. It was still overcast and the water was still chilly. Allison didn't stay in the water very long because her toes and fingers would start turning purple and she could not get warm. But Lauren didn't care about the chilly water. She made a new friend, a little girl who was seven years old.
After the swim, a bath and dinner we went to church. Both girls just walked right in to their class and didn't look back to say goodbye to us. I love the fact that they enjoy going to church and to Bible classes and it doesn't matter if they don't know anyone in the class.
Thursday morning we got up and went up to the Pancake Pantry. Ummm ummm good!
After walking around Gatlinburg for a while my sweet husband and Dad took the girls to play Putt-putt and let Mom and I go shopping at the Outlets. We got Lauren quite a few things for this fall and winter. I found some great deals at the Stride Rite Outlet. Woohoo! Brother Bill came over Thursday evening to spend the night with us.
Friday morning we packed up our belongings and checked out of the resort before meeting Bill's Mom and Parker at Dollywood. We even got to see Dolly at Dollywood! We had a great little mini vacation! Thanks Mom and Dad for sharing your Time Share with us, again!!! You guys are the best!
The view of the mountains from our balcony