Danielle's in Town!

We were so excited to have Danielle here with us this week. She got in Monday morning, and we immediately celebrated her visit with a trip to Serious Texas (of course). Mike spent the afternoon out on the motorcycle- he's getting pretty good- so we had some sister time to ourselves. We went to the gym and worked out- which is only partially true, since she kept making me laugh. So we didn't get a whole lot done, but had a good time. Then Mike and I took her shooting. She was great. That's not the ONLY thing we do with people, but we do do that a lot. Danielle had never been before, and she learned quickly. Again, I love watching Mike in action; he is just so wonderful with people. Tuesday, Mike was back at work, so we spent the day together. Cinnamon rolls, grocery shopping, trip to the mall, lunch to Mike, and playing Skip-Bo took up most of the day. Mike had a bored- I mean board meeting, so we watched Hercules and just enjoyed each other's company. I worked on Wednesday, so she slept in and watched movies. Thursday we went on a little excursion down the river trail. We walked a few miles, and waded into the river at different spots. It was a BUSY day on the water, tons of people in tubes and rafts. One rafting guide near the shore we were on spotted us: "Here's some people looking to get wet!" We heard him, but didn't move. It was incredibly hot, and getting wet was what we were there for! They got closer, and he tells us, "Um, I wasn't joking." We looked at each other: "We didn't think you were!" He laughed, and the whole raft attempted to splash us with their paddles. I mentioned last week that Danielle is a sweet heart and her spirit in our house was wonderful. We enjoy her so much, are so very, very proud of her, and can't wait for her to visit again. We ended the week by road tripping it up to Salt Lake City for our cousin's wedding. Stay tuned!