Maddy's first driving lesson

These are some pictures that Barry took from our balcony.



 We had church cancelled last Sunday due to freezing rain, and youth group cancelled on Wednesday night due to a snow storm dumping 4 inches Tuesday night and another 4 inches on Wednesday. We had plans to go to Spokane onWednesday, but were able to wait until Thursday. Barry's mom was at his sister's house and we went there to visit her. On the drive home Makayla asked me a question from the back seat of our minivan.

"Mom, where to babies come from?" It was late and I was tired and she wasn't speaking very clearly, so I had to ask Mindy to help translate. "Did Makayla just ask me where babies come from?" "Yes." Pause, "Kayla, babies come from a very special place, and I would like to talk with you about it, but can we wait until we get home to discuss this?" Mindy said, "She just wants to know if you eat something, then a baby grows in your stomach."  "Oh, no, baby's don't come to your belly because of what you eat. Babies are in mommies bellies, but not in their stomach." Then Ben started asking questions about male/female anatomy. My babies are not babies anymore.



Maddy drives the tractor

In preparations for our New Year's Eve party Friday night, I was busy cleaning inside the house while Barry, Maddy, and Ben were busy outside working sanding the driveway. I went outside at noon to tell them that lunch was ready and saw that Barry had taught Maddy how to drive the tractor so that he and Ben could shovel that sand from the bucket onto the ground. I just laughed, "You're going to teach her how to drive a tractor before she learns how to drive a car?" "Sure, why not?"

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