Emma

 Emma is Bryan's first-born. We get to watch her two days a week and have so much fun seeing what she has learned each week! Babies are amazing. They have to learn so much from birth to age two that they qualify for "genius" designation, in my opinion. 

Last Tuesday, she sang along with me as we sang the Days of Creation.

Emma has fun in her swing, too. She seems to be Irish dancing here: 

Here are a couple of shots as she seemed to be doing an interpretive dance: 

and, she's a climber! Luci and I saw this sight when we arrived at her house yesterday. Mama had a good hold on her.

She was completely worn out the day after Trinitas. Napping with Nana: 

First Parade

This was Luci's first parade experience. We got up oh-so early to make it there by 8 a.m.

Curls before the parade, after an hour and a half drive to the site...

LOVE the coloring in Luci's hair! It's all natural, by the way.  I was very pleased that Luci's curls looked very good in comparison to the other girls'.  The only ones whose curls looked better were two who had wiglets.

The whole crew.

 Rain! It poured before the parade began. Luci and I prayed for the rain to stop so everyone could enjoy the parade. Guess what happened? The rain tapered off soon after our prayer, and the parade went on with good weather.

Huddling for warmth during the rain.  We had a nice area to stand in; we were not wet at all!

Luci and Lusiana.  They loved that their names are so similar.  Lusiana's mother calls her daughter "Lusi!"

What followed us:

Our great leader, Mrs. Branden

Don't look if you are faint of heart:

 Here is a little video showing Luci and her friends--be sure to notice the bouncy curls at the end!