A Week With The Grands

May has been a busy month full of so many blessings. Yes, there are always trials in my life, but I am so thankful for my many blessings! The first week of May, Andrew and Nikki went for like a "marriage retreat", and I got to spend a wonderful week taking care of my grands!! Oh, it was blissful! How I love them so much. I wish I had blogged every day because I'm sure I have forgotten a lot of funny things they said.

I tried to take them outside every day. Some days it was a little cool, but we had a couple of really warm days.

Mason was going to let Haley pop a balloon on his head, but it wouldn't pop. LOL

One day I decided to take them for a ride in Nikki's bike carrier.

The road in front of their house is level looking and I thought it would be easy for me. I found out it is NOT level. It slightly slopes, and when I was towing them behind, I could hardly bike. I was out of breath, and my legs were killing me. I went one round and had to quit. I really need to get in shape. 

Lots of creativity going on too.

Mason got in trouble, so he and I went inside. I sat at the door to watch Haley so she could still be outside. He decided to wash  the window. His having fun was a big help. :)

Haley made a sand snowman.

She is so creative. 

They also painted and played games.

Haley painted a picture of Toby.

Playdough fun.

Haley's creations:

I love all of her artwork!

We also used painter's tape to make a little city where they played with cars.

One evening we made a cake.

The next day, Haley finished eating the icing. :) Serious business!

And one evening it stormed.

Yep, it's wet. ;) When the storm got further away, but it was still raining, we sat on the covered front porch and watched it. It was so fun, but it was cold!

We also did some housecleaning.

All nice and clean.

When it was time to clean Mason's room, everyone except me lost interest. I ended up cleaning the most of it, but it was ok. I wish I had taken pics of it too. They both have the cutest rooms. Nikki does a great job decorating.

Some evenings before supper, Mason would be so tired, he would fall asleep. 

Ahhh my little darling!!! I love him beyond the moon. Both of them just overflow my heart with love.

We had such a wonderful time, just being together. 

Mason decided to be GiGi.

And one time I took their pictures to see who could make the meanest face.

Mason was the meanest, so Haley tried again.

Hahahaha So much fun with these kids!

Mason also took a lot of sneaky shots of me.

I love that little stinker. He would show me the pictures he took, and I would "pretend" get upset and tell him I looked awful! He would get so tickled at me. He would take pics of me and I would pay him no mind because I knew I was going to delete them. Haha One day Haley said, "he is taking pictures of you and you look awful." (trying to let me know). I burst out laughing. She said, "I don't think you look awful, but you always say you do." So funny.
Another time I was going to feed Mason, but then I stopped. I thought he wanted to feed himself. He said, "GiGi, I need you to feed me because my hand gets very tired, and my arm gets very tired." Hahaha Of course, I gladly fed him. 

When Andrew and Nikki got home, they had gifts for all of us. Y'all they got me the most awesome gift I have ever gotten.

A Michael Kors purse and a Fossil makeup bag. I was blown away. I have admired others carrying bags like this but never could I afford one. Ahhh, they make me feel so spoiled!!! They also got me a bag of Dove chocolates which are my favorites, but I had already eaten them. :) They are just the best!!! 

Even tho I had such a fantastic, wonderful time with my babies, at the end of the week I was full of worry about Ryan. He got very sick as he was trying to finish the last of his school year. When I agreed to watch the babies, I asked Ryan if that week was fine, and he said yes. He said the week after was when he needed me there. Well, he ended up very sick! He ran a temp and could hardly move. Martha took him to the doctor for me and they ruled out the flu.
His initial test of strep came back negative as well. The doctor thought it was strep and I did too. Ryan had a friend that had been out of school three days with strep. He was able to get an antibiotic but was still feeling bad when I got home that Friday. My heart was aching so much for my babies, but I was glad to be home with Ryan. I missed them for days after, and still when I am typing this post, I ache for them. I am so thankful to have had that week to spend with them. We made wonderful memories!