But there was so much fun to be had first. Papa had gone out and purchased Nerf Guns, which happened to Preston's new favorite thing. There have been nerf gun wars going on ever since - even on Thanksgiving day, at the dinner table, between Jordan and Kylie. It really was quite funny to see nerf bullets flying all through the house. Sure hope the missionaries, sitting at our Thanksgiving Table, thought so too. They were laughing hard enough that hopefully they weren't offended by our total lack of 'proper table etiquette'.
After nerf wars came our tradition of Preston making smoothies with Papa. But it appears that it was time to pass the torch...allowing Madi to now help in putting the strawberries in the mixer and then assisting the strawberries to the bottom of the mixer with the infamous plunger. Madi did a great job and it was fun to see her finally enjoying the process that Preston had helped Papa with for years. They sure do love their smoothies...
Of course, they had to 'perform' for us, standing on the fireplace hearth, singing and dancing for us before it was time to tell goodnight stories, read scriptures and then have family prayer.
The night went as planned for Preston and Del - They were both asleep within just minutes of saying goodnight. Not so much in our wing of the house, Madi doesn't do well away from her house and her crib. I had her two horses, the two blankies, the humidifier, her baby and her binkie. But there would be no sleep for either of us that whole night. She asked continually for Papa, and wanted to see me every 5 minutes. I was exhausted by morning. Apparently, she went home and took a four hour nap and slept through the night also.
But it was worth it for the pictures and the memories.
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