Relaxing and Fun Sunday!
Today was a lot less hectic than yesterday. I still had all my early Sunday meetings at the church, but it was nice not having to be anywhere specific after that. Church went very well, although it is very hard for Carmen to follow much of what is going on. Everyone speaks so fast for her and she tries so hard but after awhile it gets very tiring. One of our friends spoke to her in Spanish for a while which she enjoyed. We were all tired by the time church was over and were looking forward to a nice, relaxing afternoon.
We spent the rest of the afternoon reading and relaxing. Angela checked out “Holes” in Spanish for Carmen and she has been enjoying reading that book. Zach enjoyed reading as well. He ran right into Carmen’s room, jumped up on the bed, sat, and read with her. She put her arm around him and he snuggled right up and was a good boy. She is so good to Zachary and we appreciate it SO much. She loves to spend time with him (which we are sure is very tiring for her) but she seems to truly love it.
At about 6:00pm, some more friends (the Hartman family and Laura Dixon) came over and we had another BBQ. Carmen is really loving this BBQ thing! 🙂 She loves the burgers and hot dogs that we are always making. Add some chips (or Cheetos) and she is in heaven! To top that off, we had warm brownies and ice cream which we all enjoyed! I LOVE my new grill! I got it for Father’s Day and not even I can screw up the food now, like I used to all the time!
As a side-note, Carmen’s favorite foods are… Chololate, pizza, Cheetos, burgers, hot dogs, Frosties, Slurpees, and anything with chololate in it. She doesn’t like vegetables much which is GREAT for me! 🙂
While waiting for the food to cook, the kids played out in the back yard. They made a fort up in the swing and had a good time with Carmen playing up there. They also had fun swinging and Ben thought he would climb the slide just for fun (and to make his mother nervous)!
After the BBQ, we watched the 2005 Halliday Family DVD which features the theme from the Incredibles. Carmen enjoys these DVDs of our family very much. The more she watches, the more she realizes how crazy our family is! 🙂
