. . . . . . . . . Viana Visit, Part I

IF YOU HAVE DISNEY CHARACTERS GUARDING YOUR BATHTUB, THEN VIANA MUST BE IN TOWN!


Meemaw and I switched out Ram for Viana last Saturday, and we've enjoyed a marvelous visit with this singing skipping chatterbox fairy princess ever since.  Lesser souls might ask, "Where's the Off switch on this kid," but we're loving every minute of it.  We'll take her back this weekend (hoping to drive to Monroe City and camp at the Colorado National Park along the way), to attend CharlyAnn's blessing.  Here are some pics:

Not only do we have Disney characters on the rim of our bathtub, we've got them  IN EVERY ROOM, AND IN TERRIFYING NUMBERS.  If they come to life when we're not looking, they'd spend most of their time just trying to find their movie partners!

Viana with "her" dogs, Sydney and Doug.  She loves animals!

We attended a Memorial Day ceremony sponsored by Colorado Springs Hospice, at which they read Grandma Lenhart's name (she passed away on 27 March 2011) and released some butterflies in memoriam.  It was a beautiful day, and Viana was very patient.  Notice Grandma and Grandpa Norton in the background.  

Here's a fun group of people!

Here are some of the butterflies.  Pretty cool!

Pretty Monarch butterflies.  

We went to Great Grandma Norton's house today for lunch.  Roast beast and peach pie!  We also watched "A Little Princess" in Grandpa's home theater.  Such a good movie, and Viana loved it!  Reminds me of the time Charina saw it for the first time.  When little Sara Crewe was clinging to the ledge of the building while being chased by the evil Miss Minchin, Charina--transfixed as if she were there--raised up her hand to try to grasp the ledge!  

Viana loves jello. 

This was her second cup!

It was a yummy lunch and a good time!

We took a hike to a hill near our neighborhood.  Sydney and Viana had a grand time.  

Here's a beautiful view of Colorado Springs.  

 Yesterday we watched "Gnomeo and Juliet" in the theater (not bad, and I especially liked the numerous references to William Shakespeare, and an appearance by the Bard himself), and then enjoyed "Taco Night" at Del Taco.  On Sunday Viana enjoyed attending Primary at church, and she also went shopping like crazy on Monday with me and Meemaw.  She loooves any kind of pie, and will munch down a big piece of watermelon like a Pacman head!  Viana is also highly self-entertaining.  She can play in an elaborate imaginary world for hours!  And this is a very, very, very smart kid.  I would say her ability to reason and process stuff is at the high school level.  And SHE CAN READ ANY BOOK YOU PUT IN FRONT HER, and I'm NOT talking Run, Spot, Run.  She is very inquisitive, talkative, energetic.  


Unfortunately, I gave my camera to Summer for her river rafting trip this week, so I don't have a video camera to show you some live action.  But I'll put up another blog after we drive to the Carter's house and camp along the way.  Should be a great time!


By the way: Summer is floating down the Green river with a group of high school friends and her Anatomy teacher, Krista is in Tonga with a group building prosthetic legs, Jamie and Ladon were driving to Washington to welcome Ladon's brother, Jonas, back from his mission in North Carolina (Matt Harding's stake!), and Charina and Jimmy had a fun expedition (check out their blog for a great laugh).  CJ and Eric celebrated their seventh anniversary, and good ol' Meemaw and I are glad to have little visitors around.
   
Fun at the Roy's!


Love, Grandbill