You Are My Sunshine

The sun has finally decided to shine. Last Friday and Saturday, we had two of the most wonderful days. Jon has been feeling more like himself and the weather was beautiful, so we spent a lot of time outside. Friday we went to the park and Sophie got to swing. She loves the swings! I tried the slide, but she wasn't too keen on that. After the park, we went to the Parker's for dinner. Sophie had so much fun playing at the Parker's she didn't end up going to bed until 9:oo.

Saturday was another fun filled day. I went shopping with my mom for mother's day gifts, and then we spent the afternoon outside. We went for a walk and then played at the park again. When we got home, the guy who plows our street had come to mow, rake, aerate and fertilize the lawn. Our lawn is horrible, most of the time it is a beautiful dandelion patch. I hate it! It isn't soft, it's half weeds and half dead. Anyway, we thought this might help get our lawn in better shape. While he was outside working, Sophie and I went out to enjoy the beautiful day. We went over to the neighbors to pet the dogs. Sophie loves dogs! After playing with the dogs, I pushed Sophie on her beep, beep. I tried to get her to push it, but she wanted to ride it instead. I need to get a stick that I can push it with, so that I don't have to bend over. My back doesn't like it when I push Sophie on her beep, beep. When it was time to bring Sophie in for dinner, a bath and bed, she cried. She just loves being outside and she hates to come in. She went to bed at 7:00 and then Mom, Jon and I enjoyed a nice BBQ outside on our driveway. The neighbors were all out playing and doing yard work, it felt like summer. I was truly in heaven. The best part about it was that there were no bugs. There are way too many bugs here and I hate them all.

I have felt so happy the past couple of days. Jon has been feeling well and the weather has been beautiful. We've had a lot of fun spending time as a family, which has been wonderful. I'm so grateful that Jon has been doing so well. I pray every night, that he won't get too sick. We are truly being blessed and it has been such a blessing to have my mom here with us. I love her company and she has been a great help with Sophie and with cooking and cleaning. I'm going to miss her when she leaves, she's been my moral support through all of this. We are going to enjoy every day that Jon feels well and just enjoy being together as a family. I can't wait until the pool opens, so that we can spend some time at the pool. I just know Sophie is going to love the pool, and I could use a little color.

Here are some cute pictures of Sophie in two of her new summer outfits from grandma Rosa.

My big girl!

Riding her beep, beep.

Going for a walk with grandma.