John's Visit

From June 13th-20th John Floyd came to visit us. Though there were some difficulties(John and I had to share a seat & belt so we could go anywhere and obey the law) and casualties(see image 1), all and all we had a blast. We played at the park, went to the zoo, John and Randall had a boys night out at UW. John was thrilled to see the campus, and to get donuts afterwards. Emma and Maddy competed all week for John's affection. Emma even took to wearing his clothing. She still is talking about him and its been week since we have seen him. Maddy preferred to go to John every time. We even had Randall and John ask for her at the same time, for her to walk to them, and she chose John over Da Da. Lana was kind of impartial. She didn't care who it was but how they held her. She wanted to see everything. John kindly took his turns in doing her this favor (and us).

One of the highlights of the week for me was on the last evening of John with us. John wanted to win a game (we played every night he was here and he had difficulty winning, though he did occasionally he didn't want to end on a losing note) and so we agreed to stay up till he did. I was getting a drink of water and John told me "don't laugh". Of course I did and water dribbled out. Then I thought that would have been funny to spit it on him. So naturally I told him "say that again". As he began I took another drink of water and as he spoke I spit it in his face. He was so shocked! I wish I could have taken a picture. He then returned the favor and soaked my shirt. Then so Randall didn't feel left out I asked him to politely come over and spit in his face. He was much obliged.

We had a great time and appreciated the extra set of helping hands. We will miss having our nanny around.