The Ormes: Nana and Papa to the Rescue

After a month of taking care of sick kids, my mom offered to come to San Antonio and help me clean my house. I was actually pretty proud of myself because it wasn't too bad, but I definitely was willing to take her up on the offer. So Saturday morning my mom and dad came to help clean. The girls were so excited. They've been asking when we'd get to see them again (especially Taylor . . . she asks a few times a week). It only took a few hours, and we got it all cleaned up (plus Payden got her nap in).

Tom has been wanting to go see the Missions in San Antonio other than the Alamo, so after cleaning up we headed to Mission San Jose - the largest one, I think.

We got there about 15 minutes before closing. It would have been nice to stay a little longer, but with kids I think the 15 minutes was just about perfect. We took this picture on the way out. Tom's taking the picture and you can see my mom on the side snapping pictures too. My dad, the girls, and I are the small speck of people you see standing at the doorway.

A little bit after we got there we headed over to the little mill behind the mission. You can see how they use the river to turn the wheel which in turn spins the grinding stone and grinds the wheat into flour. We got to try some of the flour. Shelby really loved it and wanted more. It was interesting to hear the stories especially the real reason they built these missions . . . not for religious purposes but to claim the land before the French did.

Here's the water turning the real. It's amazing that it's only a little bit of water that's needed to make this all work.

Here's the mill spinning above to grind the flour.

Afterwards we headed to Target where my parents got us a new rug and some new pillows for the couch. We then headed to dinner at Chili's. I've forgotten how much I like their food. When we got home we rolled at the carpet. The girls were SOOOO excited that they immediately grabbed books and hopped on the rug to read. They are funny and boy do they LOVE books.