We enjoyed a wonderful visit from Stan's mother, Karen. She came to help out with everything while Stan went back to work. She said she was coming to help, not to be a guest. I think we worked her pretty hard because occasionally you might find her asleep when she took a minute to sit down.
The girls call her "Oma," which is German for "Grandma." They had a great time with her. She played, read stories, colored, painted, watched cartoons, fed, clothed and loved on them.
She was a huge help to me as well. Not only did she help take care of the kids, but she did dishes, cleaned and cooked all week long. And you can tell that everyone enjoyed her cooking:
But we weren't complete slave drivers. She stayed with us for 10 days, so we had a chance to do some fun touristy things as well.
We took her to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Stan and the girls took her to Branson, Missouri. I stayed home with Dallin since he wouldn't have enjoyed the day as much as the others.
They went to one of our favorites restaurants, Lambert's Cafe, Home of the Throwed Rolls.
They went to the Christmas Shop.
What a bunch of cheese balls.
And they went to see the Chinese Acrobats show.
We all had a great time and are so thankful she could come visit. It was especially great for myself and the girls to get to spend all that extra time getting to know and love Oma even better. Usually we just have a few days when we come out to visit in Utah, so this was really nice.
Everyone was sad to see her go, but we look forward to later in the summer when we get to see her again.
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