June.. what a month!

Well, I have completely fallen behind on the happenings around the Barnes house again and for once, we actually have some fun things to tell about and some cute pictures! We've had a ton of fun this last month with non-stop activities with Mia and her cute cousin's. My sister in law, Melissa, and her 2 kids have been in town for the month while my brother, Chris, sat at home and studied for the bar. It was so fun to have Melissa and the kids here! Melissa and I have always gotten along really well and Mia had SO much fun with her youngest, Beckham. He is only about 5 months older than Mia and they just loved being around eachother.

Also, for those of you who know my mom I'm sure you expected this, but we had non stop fun planned for the entire month they were here. My mom and dad bought new toys for the kids to play with out in their yard, we went to the childrends museum, movies, the princess festival, lunch all the time, the park, the pond, swimming and more. They had so much fun and we were so so sad to see them go! We also got a visit from my brother Jeremy and his wife Mitzie on their way up to Portland where Jeremy will start pharmacy school. It was so fun to see them and spend a little time with them!

Towards the end of the month I found Mia a new toy! I've been wanting to get her a playhouse, so I've been watching the classifieds to find one for a good price in good shape and finally found one! It was down in Orem and with Mia in the car, interesting to get home. When I got there to pick it up, I realized there was no way it was going to fit in the car, so I found what I could to tie it to the top, 1 bungee cord not long enough to reach over them all and jumper cables. I tied it on the best I could and drove down to the nearest gas station for more supplies. No rope, all I could find was duct tape. So, I taped it all up and on the freeway we went. Luckly we made it home with all pieces and safe.

Mia LOVES her new house. Even driving home the other day, she was upset so I kept telling her to find Mia's house. As soon as we got home, she ran to our back door and kept saying 'Mia's house'. Mia's house isn't our house, just her playhouse and she really loves running in and out and closing the door and windows on us. So cute! It's been a great month overall, although I'm not thrilled that Mia is growing up even more. She's talking SO much more and so clearly and climbs on even more, the higher the better. I came downstairs the other day to find her on our kitchen table playing with a glass and a pen, silly girl. She's a little monkey!

Mia and her cousin's

The zoo and Mia's new playhouse!