Summer with gramma ruth

We left the day after school ended to head down to my moms while our kitchen gets a much needed renovation! Upon finding out about the little #4 that would be joining us we concluded that more space was necessary. So we packed up our stuff and away we went.

I was very conscious to not wear out our welcome and have the kids help out as much as possible. It was such a great experience for all of us. Gramma used a point system where the kids could earn points to go do fun things. As a result, they learned to be better behaved and just more respectful to each other. I gained a much greater appreciation of my mother and the help she was to us. She even encouraged me to pick up the paintbrush again and enter a few contests.

We ended up doing so many fun things like the stadium of fire, museum of curiosity, dinosaur museum, the pool, hiking timpanogus cave, bike rides, donut shop, Maui chill, movie nights (mooch a wabie) and a rodeo. I think this will be a summer the kids never forget. I just love that my mom put aside her busy life to include us and help us feel comfortable. She even let the boys come to the art classes she was teaching and they have learned all about perspective and such. Her neighbors, Nicole and Marshall miller have been watching ruby all summer and that has also been a blessing. Can't wait for things to get back to normal, though we have adapted to a crazy lifestyle pretty good:)