Thursday, June 4, 2020 - Morning Shopping Spree; Ice Cream for Five; Hanging out with Emerson, Hayden and Daddy

Thursday, June 4, 2020 - Morning Shopping Spree; Ice Cream for Five; Hanging out with Emerson, Hayden and Daddy

It was right around 5:30 when I woke this morning.  I made my way downstairs to get the coffee started, then washed a load of clothes.  While waiting for the coffee to finish perking, I caught up on my devotionals, since I missed yesterdays.  

Next, I opened Blogger to finish Wednesday's post.  There is something about a travel day that just wears us out.  I wrote most of it last night, but by the time I went through the pictures, I was too tired to proof it, or post the pictures.  After posting it this morning, I made our shakes.  Dean went outside to hook up to the sewer, (I had washed a load of clothes as soon as I got up), while I washed the dishes.  I wanted to get around so we could do a little shopping this morning.  

We left shortly after 10.  Our first stop was at Academy.  I was looking for a new pair of walking shoes, as well as some clothing items.  They didn't have any shoes in my size, but I did find a nice pair of shorts and a couple pair of capris I can wear when we walk in the mornings.  Our next stop was at Sam's, where we purchased 2 bags of frozen triberry fruit for our shakes, cashews, canned chicken, red pepper flakes and Minute rice.  I used my Sam's app that allows us to scan the barcode, and pay on line with my credit card.  When we reached the exit door, the lady looked at the barcode like she didn't know what it was.  I told her I had scanned the items in with the app.  Oh, she said, I think I must need to take a break.  I know the feeling of zoning out sometime - and I think she was there.  She scanned the bar code, then one item.  As we were putting the items in the truck, I realized we had 6 items, instead of 5.  We had forgotten to scan the cashews and she didn't catch it.  I scanned it in my app, paid for it with our credit card on file, then took it back in to have it scanned that I had paid.  The lady who helped me was no longer there, so I guess she really did need a break. 

Since we had frozen food, we headed back to Bentley to put the groceries away.  I made lunch, followed by apples with peanut butter.  We left a short time later for Kohl's.  I found a pair of shoes at Kohl's along with a couple pair of capris and another top, plus two polo shirts for Dean.  We should be good for quite awhile.  I have a few things that will come out of our closet and drawers, when I add these.

We called Abram (Heath's son) to see if he and his brothers could go have ice cream with us.  Heath and Casey are still working at home, so we didn't want to interrupt their day.  He okayed it with his parents.  When we arrived to pick them up, they were outside with their new puppy and Jewel, their older dog.  We played with them for a bit before they took them back in the house.  Then we all loaded up and headed to Braum's.  After choosing our ice cream, we headed to a large booth so we could set and visit.  We sure had a good time with them.  Tomorrow night we are going to have dinner with them and their parents.  

Front Left then clockwise:  Roman, Gideon, Abram and Papa

After dropping them off at home, we headed to Jarred's.  Andrea was resting, so Jarred, Emerson, Hayden, Dean and I headed to the basement.  Emerson showed me several more of her gymnastic moves. then she introduced me to all of her dolls, and I watched her as she put on her "fake" makeup.  This young lady is quite the conversationalist!  

Putting on her makeup!

The finished project!  What a little beauty!

While we were in the basement visiting, Emerson had a clicker and she would hit it so her dad "was frozen" until she clicked it again.

Frozen in Time!

Jarred took Hayden in to Andrea, then we went outside to watch Emerson ride her bicycle, play hopscoth, skate, etc.  She is a determined little girl for 5 years old, so much like her daddy was.  With 3 older brothers, he always thought he could do everything they did, and he usually did!

Learnig to skate, with a little help from Dad!

It was getting close to dinnertime, so we all worked together to put the toys away.  Inside Jarred prepared an online order for our meal at Rib Crib.  Jarred and Dean drove the short distance to pick up the food.  I visited with Andrea while they were gone.  

One last picture of the new babe and her big sister:

Emerson & Hayden

After dinner, we headed back to Bentley.  We will probably see them for a short while tomorrow before we leave Saturday morning.

Dean watched TV while I started preparing this post.  I was almost done when I fell asleep in my chair.  I woke up between 9-9:30 and worked on it again until 10, then we headed to bed.