Afternoon with my Parents

My parents came up to Nashville today to see the kids and to pick up some furniture I was saving for them.  My parents are sort of a touchy subject for me to blog about.  There's a lot of tense history that some you already know about and, suffice to say, it always makes visits with them a very anxious experience for me.  Today was much the same.

Fortunately, things went smoothly however uncomfortable I felt in my head at times.  And the kids went into an exhausting overdrive playing with their Mimmie and Papa, so I guess that makes the day a success.  I even got a brilliant shot of them all together on the back porch.  You'd never know I was using my "scary stern mommy" voice to get those happy grins out of Anna.   I believe I did a little bribing, too.

A few other fun/funny moments from today...