Kids at home

Mark and Meg visiting with Dad and Jason and Tracy. Getting ready for their much needed Date Day. I think they had dinner at the Olive Garden.. I love that place.

Tracy and Jason were down for the weekend, and it was a perfect time, as they got to see their nephew and niece. What a great bunch to have at this home. I loved it.

First we had to corral the wild hopping beast that lives with us, this is not a good pic, but its part of the story.

Then the kids played and played, running and having a good old time, D'Artanyan was in his normal "Kill the bad guys" mode, and Audry was watching the dog in the cage, with a lot of speculation!

After a time, we tried to let Bella get used to not jumping on the kids. D'Artanyan doesn't have a problem with it, but Audry is the same size as the dog, when the dog is standing up, and she didn't like it one bit. She eventually got to where she would squeal and Bella would leave her alone. ha. but in getting to that spot, Tracy took a great picture of grandma and granddaughter. I love this pic.

The kids played and had a great time with all the toys I had picked up at garage sales and had left over from when you kids were little. Mostly stuff you all had gotten for the Feast. As that was the only time you all got toys that were of any quality, or that was made to last a lifetime. ha.

This shot is Audry making a run for it and Bella playing with D'Artayan, who has her toy. That old hallway has had a lot of kids running and playing in it. brought back such good memories for me.

Of course Jason and Tracy were here too and I got this great picture. Jason was glued to the TV and we had to pry him away from it for just a minute for this shot. ha, but isn't it great?

D'Artanyan has the dogs toy and he keep her busy tossing it down the hallway for her to retrieve. Sometimes Bella was "the Bad Guy"; I think boys just need dogs. Audry on the other hand, was not taking her eyes of that jumping beast, she did not trust Bella one bit. ha.

Dad doing what dad does best, and Bella checking to see who's OUT THERE. ha..by the time Jason and Tracy had to leave to go back to KC, Audry had finally learned how to keep that BEAST away from her. She would squeal at Bella, and Bella would stop and turn around and leave her alone.

All in all we all learned how to play together and live in harmony: what a great day, what good memories.

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