Julie's mom came to town from Kalispell, Montana and stayed with us the last 10 days. We had a great time! The girls loved having their "Gramda" living here - Jadyn had a few sleepovers, Karina read lots of stories, and lots of other fun stuff happened while she was here.

Some brief highlights of our week:

• We went to the Space Needle in Seattle at dusk and enjoyed the beautiful city lights on a very cold, windy night!
• The girls showed Gramda our favorite park and we all played a great big game of hide-and-seek while we were there - a big highlight, I might add.
• Went and saw Bellevue's festival of lights in the Botannical Gardens (see previous blog entry)
• Mommy and Daddy stayed up way too late with Gramda each night after Christmas playing our new game, "Settlers of Catan" (I think our early night ended at 12:30!)
• We went to Gramda's favorite restaurant - The Olive Garden
• Jadyn showed Gramda her school - (one of her highlights)
• We enjoyed lots of stories, games, and more, too!

All in all, it was a great week and we were sad to see Gramda off last night. After a teary trip to the airport, the girls awoke this morning still feeling sad that the house was a little more empty. So we decided to draw some pictures of their highlights of the week. A few are included here, and the rest of these precious images are en route to Montana for Gramda to enjoy.

Thanks for all the great memories, Gramda!

One final note... at bedtime, Karina always shares one final thought of the day with us. Tonight, with a very serious face, she sadly shared, "Mommy, I'm sad that I didn't want Gramda to go. I neeeeeeeeed her here!"

Priceless :-)