Claire's blessing

Right before Nana and Papa and Grandma arrived we went to the library and got our summer reading program list. You read 15 books and you get an awesome coupon book to fun places for the summer. Siena had her 15 books read in a bout an hour. It was nice to have all those people around to read to her.

My dad and mom came out to D.C. while on tour for the Mormon tabernacle choir. We were so excited to see them even if it was only for 24 hours. It was hard to say goodbye to them as we don't have any vacation plans to see them again. The choir tour began Monday early morning. They came in to the northern Virginia area Tuesday evening so we did the blessing at our house Tuesday night. It was different to have it at our house. It was a little more relaxed because we could be on our own time but it was a little chaotic trying to keep the kids away from the toys and trying to be reverent when they didn't really understand why we were doing it in our home. It all turned out fine and it was a wonderful blessing. She wore the dress Grandma made for her and we had friends and family bless her so it was great. Daves mom stayed the night and my parents stayed the night and we spent the next day touring around D.C. I haven't done any of the Smithsonians in a long time and I had 3 adults to watch my kids while doing it. It was a great set up. We went to the Natural History musuem and the American History museum. Siena loved the jewel exhibits and seeing the hope diamond and the first lady gown exhibit. They were really cool. Papa, Nana and Grandma took them through the Dinosaur exhibit and they said they were scared. I was feeding Claire at that time but I thought that was funny. It was fun to go in to D.C. again and have all that help. The kids loved all the attention from people. Wednesday Dave and I were able to go on a real date. We even left Claire. We had tickets to the choirs concert at Wolf Trap. It was so nice to be on a date and go to the concert and see my dad perform. It was tons of fun.