a date with popa

while making one of my ten latest trips to lowe's, someone approached us in the parking lot. it was popa! what a welcome helper (especially at a hardware store, and with it being 95+degree heat)...bauer was very excited to see him!

and vivian loved looking at all the flowers with him (so did mommy, since he has the greenest of thumbs and mommy's is a bit black). he even helped us pick out our pavers and new shrubs. thanks popa for a great treat...we'll have to do it again soon! :)

oh, and on a slightly related note...one of the trips to lowe's was for garage shelving...and to make a long story medium, when reorganizing the shelves i found my old pageant costumes. i thought what the heck, they might be too big, but she would love them....INDEED!! this is the tap costume (i danced to "boogie woogie bugle boy") daddy designed. it fits like a glove. when i showed him the pic, i thought he was going to cry! wooohooo for grandma carolyn, who saved EVERYTHING! :)