Parks and Rec.

 The beginning-to-middle part of last week was a bit of a busy blur.

Mar stayed with Hannah at Grandma and Grandpa G's house on Sunday, I attended church with Britt and Austin. I spent the 2nd and 3rd hour with Wonderful Sweet Scarlett in her nursery class.

 I realized that most of the toys in the nursery aren't really "shareable," so I spent a good chunk of time helping the kids remember patience and the art of taking turns hahaha. I had to protect Scarlett's purse like a ninja, and helped to thwart a pending meltdown when it was time to put the toys away. We sang. We snacked. We colored. We popped bubbles. It was a good time.

 That evening the family gathered for dinner and a walk to the park.

Taylor is Scarlett's current fave. He's such a fun uncle.

 Shilo was able to come visit for a while, too.

 On Monday, Jill, Britt, and I made the drop-off at EFY. Another hot, sweaty one, lugging suitcases, pillows, and a case of water bottles from the Marriott Center to Heritage Halls in 90+ temps. We had the sweat rolling! 

(Obviously I stole the only efy pics I have from Instagram)

We met for lunch at Zupas, then Nate and Lyndsay took the girls back to campus, and Britt and I met up with Nae, who had an appointment with her doctor. We were taking the little girls to the mall while she was there, meeting up again afterwards. 

On Tuesday evening I went to Kody's house to hang out with Shilo. She was helping with his foster sibs (not exactly sure what to call them... how about Greg and Christa?) while his parents were out of town. Kody had class that night, so I thought she could use a little help getting dinner and such. It was nice to meet Greg and Christa, and fun to spend a little time getting to know Kody better once he got home. We may have watched some crazy cross-fit show per my suggestion. I'm not sure how successful that was. Nothing like cozying up to your girl with her mother on the other side of her hahahaha.

On Wednesday, Britt had a doctor's appointment, so we made a detailed plan to manage our time efficiently, then meet up for lunch with Lex, since she is an overtime working girl who doesn't have much time for socializing other than... lunch. Scarlett and I dropped Britt off at her appointment, ran to pick up Mar's guitar (tuned up at a place Tay had recommended in Provo), picked up Lyndsay Feil, then drove quickly back to grab Britt. We all met up at the City Creek food court for lunch (just across the street from where Lex works).

 My sweet MIL had brought Lynnea and Evie, but experienced a series of unfortunate events upon arrival: (1) nearly running out of gas, (2) losing her parking ticket (thus paying the hefty $20 fine), and (3) being late to HER doctor's appointment that afternoon. I felt soooooo bad that it was such a difficult day for her. It was so lovely of her to make the effort to come - she is one BUSY mama, grandma, and great grandma!

After lunch we made a quick trip to Sam's Club,

 a couple quick stops at beauty supply stores,

 (I love how Scarlett takes her purse EVERYWHERE... and it's full of all kinds of necessary things, making it quite the load)

ending up at my mom's house for dinner with Matt and Lia + kids, Marty and Meredith, Tay and Nae + Evie, Lex and Jase, Lyndsay and Nate, Britt and Scarlett, Mom and Dad, Jill, Sam, and me.

 Scarlett and Evie had matching outfits, but this was the best picture I got of them together. It had already been a very, very long day, so it was the best any of us could muster hahaha.

 It was a lovely evening.

Mi mamita and I walked down to the park with Scarlett, Evie, and Larkin.

 Larkin was a huge help getting the girls to the park, then she was so sweet to play and play with Scarlett.

 Evie just wanted to keep moving, so Grandma Great walked around and around with her in the stroller. (Note: Scarlett's purse in the adjoining seat.)

 This is one of my favorite pictures of the night:

On Thursday I had made plans to meet up with Jill and run some errands, but not before I got to spend some fun time with Scarlett.

My favorite minion!!

That evening Jill and I attended our nephew Eli's wedding.

 It was a lovely wedding and reception, and I was so glad I could be there.

On my way back to Britt and Austin's late that evening, a nice 45 minute drive, I chatted with Bill. We were still talking when I arrived, so I quietly let myself in and sat in their office for a few minutes to finish up our conversation. I heard the signal on my phone that someone else was calling me, so I checked it and told Bill to hold for a minute because it was Britt. I was anticipating she might politely ask me to talk quieter because perhaps Scarlett would wake up... NOPE! 

She said, "Are you here?" 

"Yes," I replied. 

"My water just broke!"

This was a BIG surprise since her due date was the 19th, and she had gone to the bitter end (due date and beyond) with Scarlett. She had scheduled an induction date on the 14th.

This little guy had other plans.