McQuay Memories: {Mom came to visit!!!}

My Momma came to visit us in California during General Conference weekend while Sean was running his marathon (he'll write all about that soon). It was so so so so so wonderful to have her here and to show her our world over here on the west coast.

We showed her our church, where Sean works, our old apartment complex, where we go shopping, the farmers market, she came to Evette's meet the teacher at her preschool (which was good because I was an emotional wreck), and it was so fun to have her here with us!

We also spent an afternoon at the beach and had a great time playing in the sand and splashing in the waves. About 30 seconds after I had the thought that we should probably pack up and head home while we were still all happy and well, a huge wave came and completely covered Evette. Poor thing was cold and covered in sand and salt. Should've listened to that still small voice!

Overall, it was a lovely afternoon on the beach.

We also spent a good chunk of our weekend watching General Conference together. Miriam slept through a lot of it and Evette was great! She kept herself entertained through most of it and picked up on keywords that we've been learning about at home like "Holy Ghost" and "Prophet". It's great to see her learn and grow!

She sewed during part of conference! First time and she did great!

And she liked to cover Mimi's face in stickers.

She also made lots of bead necklaces during conference.

Mimi getting her hair done. Looks so lovely.

Spending some time in the backyard!

Evette put on a little program for us one night - most adorable thing ever. She would get her tennis racket and use it like a guitar and sing us a song and then would come sit down and say a prayer. And then she'd get up and do a dance and then sit down and say a prayer. And then she'd hit the soccer ball with the tennis racket and then sit down and say a prayer. So fun!