A fun week......

This is gross, but I needed some sympathy! I had a verruca (yes like in Willy Wonka) appear out of no where, a few days before our trip. I had no idea what it was, it was just a very sore bump. After I got home I went to the urgent care and they removed it. We didn't know what it was until it was cut off. And he called it a verruca it sounds nicer than what we are used to calling it. But not even 2 weeks later part of it had grown back. So i went to my doctor and he had to dig a hole in my thumb. It really hurts. But I'm hoping it will stay away!

During my miserable thumb thing, I watched the princess last week. We enjoyed having her around. Nathan really enjoyed when she insisted on massaging his back. The massager lights up and she loves it. We went shopping with Mike to the big and tall man store. Nathan found a hoody that he could invite a few friends in with him.

My parents came in and of course we ended up taking a trip to "Wally World" as my dad calls it. We had the princess so we had to check out the toys. She loved this princess couch. So Great Grandpa sat her in it.

Then the resident rat went to the groomers and came back looking quite spiffy!
It was conference weekend. And we do live in Happy Valley now so we got some fun visitors. Jerry spent the night with us Friday night. He brought me these beautiful flowers. They looked great with all of my fall decorations. It even had a "bird of paradise" in it. I didn't take a picture of Jerry. But I took pictures of his flowers:-)

Jerry also brought his beautiful daughter Heather and her Fiance' Nick. The princess latched on to them. I guess she was happy to see some youth around this house! She loved them. They are getting married in a few short weeks. It will be so exciting for them.

The princess had her play crown and she would put it on Nick and then take it off and put it on Heather. Nick was a great sport with her. He is planing on being a pediatrician. He proved he has the skills!

Then on Saturday night, we had Steve and his son Vuvo (I'm not sure how to spell it) spend the night with us. Steve and his wife adopted their son from Russia a few years ago. Now he has received his mission call and is heading to the Ukraine. Where they speak Russian and of course he speaks Russian. I told him, that I wondered if he would stay in the full 2 1/2 months for language training, because he already speaks the language. He wondered also. But he said if they didn't let him go early, that they might have him help teach or something. He is a very nice guy, and we have always loved Steve, so it was good to see them.

Finally Grandpa got his wish. I couldn't wait for the Princess to recognise me and be happy to see me. That happened and this afternoon, the princess took a nap with her grandpa. He has always wanted to snuggle up with her and take a nap. They are both very content!