The rest of the story!

A few days into Lindsey's visit I had posted. So I will finish out the rest of her stay. We had a fabulous time. Lindsey is one amazing girl! We are so blessed to have her in our lives!

The Six Flags trip was a huge hit! We took with us, Dylan Lemley. He is a junior in high school and he is our associate pastor's kid. We watch him play basketball. We thought that having 4 go to Six Flags would be better, b/c no one would have to ride by themselves. For Byron's sake, it gave him a guy to talk to instead of being with girls all day and listening to our conversations. We all had a great time. Lindsey kept saying this in no fair, I have nothing to compare this place to. So I have no way of expressing to my friends how awesome this place is. Superman was her favorite ride. That is also Byron's. They rode it 5 times. I rode it 4 and Dylan rode it twice. Dylan was the best to ride the rides with. He is such a screamer! Especially, on the Superman. The Superman has 4 sides with 3 seats. You have a harness that comes over your head and locks so it allows your feet to dangle. When the ride begins, it sucks you to the top! The top is close to 30 stories high. It is so awesome!It has some amazing views, but you would have to ask Byron about those views. I kept my head back and looking straight ahead. Then it drops you from the top! That is the best part of the entire ride. You actually come out of your seat a little! It takes a few seconds for your stomach to catch back up to the rest of your body! All of the rides were great. We had a Flash Pass Gold, so we never had to stand in the lines. That was great since it was probably 100 degrees that day. After the day of riding was over we ate at Salt Grass Steakhouse. YUMMY! Lindsey loved all of the food choices we have down here. She kept saying Bellingham needs one of these. Lindsey thinks B'ham needs a Chili's, Sonic, Salt Grass, and Mexican restaurants that serve sopapillas for dessert. A sopapilla is a deep-fried bread with cinnamon and sugar sprinkled all over them. Add some honey and you get DELICIOUS! She totally agreed that shopping down our way was much better too.

Fourth of July we actually didn't do much. We hung out around the house and I think we even had some rain that day. Lindsey and I watched the What not to Wear marathon on TLC. Saturday, we spent most of the day outside. We set up the kids' pool. Lindsey and I soaked up lots of sun. By the end of the day we were pretty red, especially Lindsey! Sunday we went to church. Sunday evening we went fishing down at my parents. Byron and I caught a fish, but Lindsey had no luck. After fishing we went to my grandparents house. If you didn't know Lindsey is a very gifted singer and songwriter. For her senior project she is putting together 3 songs of her own for a demo. So used Ma's keyboard and sang one of them for us! It was beautiful! She has an amazing voice. Monday we went into Duncan. We had a few things to get at Wal-Mart, we had a sno-cone, and gave the car a bath (Jaycee's terms for washing the car). Tuesday, we baby-sat my friend Ruslyn's 2 children. Her regular sitter wasn't available so she called late Monday night to see I could keep them. Cody and Caitlyn came over and played for a few hours. The kids all did great and it was so nice to have the extra hands from Lindsey. That evening we took Lindsey to Arbuckle Wilderness. She absolutely loved it! The giraffes were her favorite. She fed them for a good 10 mins. Yesterday, we did a little shopping, had lunch at a wonderful Mexican restaurant called Ted's. Then it was time for her to fly back to Washington.

We all had a grand time. Jackson warmed up to Lindsey. He can now say her name. Every time he saw her, he said it. He loved for her to tickle his back. He would lay by her on the couch and she would scratch his back. Also, at bedtime he had to have a kiss from Lindsey to go along with the kisses he has come to expect from Jaycee and Daddy. Jaycee thoroughly enjoyed Lindsey being here. Lindsey played dress up with Jaycee and they even did each other's make up one day! Oh, now Jackson's new thing to say is Lindsey Bye-Bye! So darn cute! I have pictures and I will try to post them later today! There you have it the rest of the story!