The Chase

Now the chase is on!
Alida is all over the place these days and there's no stopping her!
She has discovered the joy of running, not just walking any more, Running!
Any time we open a door or leave the stairs un-blocked, she books it for the opening and will get into things she shouldn't or she'll climb up the stairs and be half-way through the living room upstairs before we even realize she's gone up. She's still not used to walking with shoes on, but when her shoes are on, she's usually in the stroller.
We put her little inflatable pool downstairs and put blankets in it. She lays in it when she has a bottle and plays in it the rest of the time. She loves having it! We also got her a larger pack of swim diapers, so she and I can go over to Lana's more often and go swimming with her!!! (because of the danger of bacteria, the rule is un-potty-trained children must wear swim diapers or 2 diapers when swimming in pools used by other people.
We are planning a camping trip with some friends for this August and I don't think it's gone very far yet... but we still have a couple of months to get it all planned! lol
The Spa/Salon is set to open in just a couple of weeks, and I'm helping everywhere I can. For Anthony, the reality of being able to quit Macey's soon is getting stronger! He is so excited to be able to sleep at night and be awake during the day! He is also excited to get to be with Alida all day! He's such a cute daddy!
Yesterday, we went to a bbq at my Grandma June's house and got to see Michelle and Brian's new baby, Daphne! She's so beautiful!
It was also a bbq to celebrate JayDee's graduation from high school and his going to South Dakota for the summer to work as a staff member at a scout camp. It was fun to see so much family together!
Blake and I weeded mom's lilac bushes the other day. It was amazing, the difference it made. There are also peonies and irises in the little corner of "garden" we weeded. We kept as many of the irises and peonies as we could, unfortunately most of the peonies were so mixed in with a large bunch of weeds, that most of them had to be sacrificed. We managed to save the 3 biggest shoots of them. Hopefully, mom will keep up with the weeding and keep it looking nice.

(mom's lilac bushes before we weeded them)
(I'll add a picture of the finished result in a day or 2. I have to take one first. ^_^)