Kicked Out

After 25 years of life my mom decided that I needed to clear out of her house.

Up until now I have had a bedroom in my parent's home that is full of a lifetime of stuff - and it's ALL mine. Not sure what exactly came over her, but last week she gave me a call and told me that we needed to clean it out. I can't say I blame her - but it's been nice to have somewhere for my junk.

So last Sunday night she drove all the way up here to pick Maggie and me up and took me to Centerville to go through the endless droves of shelves and drawers that took me years to fill. Maggie and I stayed until Tuesday to finish the job. Here are some pictures of Maggie from the visit:

First though, Monday morning we got up and headed South to visit Aimee and go out to lunch. The actual occasion was that my mom and Shelly Perkins, Aimee's mother-in-law, needed to take their porch flower pots to be planted in Springville. While they did so, I waited at Aimee and Porter's apartment.

Aimee pulled out this little play area for Smoot and Maggie. It was really fun to watch them in it. Maggie doesn't have anything like this at our place - so she was quite intrigued by it all.

I still love taking pictures of these two together. Smoot still towers over Maggie. It's so funny!
Right here, Smoot had grabbed on to Maggie's sleeve. It looked like the were holding hands while they kicked around on the ground there. So adorable!
After lunch, we went back to my parents' and Maggie's aunts were waiting patiently for her there. They thought it was cute to get her to kneel down and fold her arms with the family while we prayed.

She did so well with it!

Aunt Sadie and Sydnee were good little teachers :)

And while I took a much-needed nap, Sadie took Maggie and paint her nails.
She looks like a little diva with her bright pink finger and toe nails. It's adorable!