week in review

Not too much going on around here lately, so I haven't had much to write. Here are some pictures from the last week, though.

My college friends, Ginny and Paula came over last week to visit. Paula just got her PhD (finally--she says she's been a professional student since we graduated from college in 1996. Way to go, Paula!) and is moving away to Canada in a few weeks, so we wanted to get together before she left. They hadn't seen our little one since last summer (she's changed a lot since last summer), so we all had fun playing with her and catching up.

Sunday was our church picnic. We had never gone before because we were always busy on that day, but this year it worked out so we went. We had a good time watching our sweet girl play on the playground---she loves playing with the big kids, but Mom and Dad aren't too sure about that. They plow her over and we have to be so vigilant to make sure she's safe way up there.

Yesterday we went with a friend and her son to a new park. They have fountains for the kids to run through, which she had never done before. She wasn't too sure at first, though she loved watching everyone else do it. Eventually she became more brave and would go in and get a little wet, and then run out. As the afternoon went on she would stay in the water a little longer. She also enjoyed the playground across from the water area, which had this toy train to "drive." Real trains kept going by on the train tracks next to the park, which both fascinated and terrified her. She watched and watched them, while safely clinging to Mommy!