Sienna's Visit Continued

Sienna's been busy between playing with our neighbor Kaitlyn, visiting Zoe in Springville, and Grace in Draper. She got to meet author Elana Johnson at her book launch for Surrender. I was going to get a picture, but forgot my camera.

Today Sienna got to meet author Cindy Hogan, who signed her two books--Watched and Protected--for Sienna.

We're heading for Gardner Village tomorrow to meet up with Kelsey and baby Winter. We're picking up Grace (I think) on our way. I hope to have some pictures them. I want to get up to Sundance with Sienna, too.

Summerfest

Sienna's been having fun with Davey who stayed with us for three days last week. He likes to pretend he knows how to make the bike work while Sienna uses Adam's old scooter.

This last weekend was Summerfest. I took her over for lunch, and we checked out all the vendors. I got some tickets for the rides. Ed, who joined us after an appointment, didn't want to go. One ride for me told me I'm too old for this stuff. lol So the little girls, Kelly and Allie, from across the street who happened to be at the grandmother's house across from City Center Park, helped Sienna use the tickets.

Afterward, Sienna went to the park with my coworker Bobbie and her family--Kaitlyn, Bobbie's oldest, is 13. They were having a water balloon fight at the park. The weather turned crazy, though, with the wind really kicking up.

I was going to take Sienna back to Summerfest for the fireworks, but it had gotten really cold outside. We were watching Winter anyway. Too bad, though.

Sienna's going to spend a couple of days with her friend Zoe. Ed will take her there tonight. The timing is perfect because Ed's got the Temple for a good chunk tomorrow, and I've got a city council meeting from hell: the first of the budget public hearings. The staff is proposing the first property tax increase since 1978. As you can imagine, many people are up in arms about it. The increase comes to about the cost of a movie ticket a month. But that can be huge when you're on a fixed income. Just ask Ed. But what do you do? We're literally at the point where services will be cut if it's not approved.

Sienna's Visit

Sienna arrived last Wednesday after a little adventure (like idiot airport people). Erin sounded really  stressed when Sienna missed her flight. Hmmm . . . I wonder why. But they finally straightened everything out and got her on another flight--and even put her in first class.

She's been helping Ed and playing with the little girls across the street. One of my clerks at work has a daughter (Kaitlyn) who's Sienna's age and has been really nice to invite her over to play.

Sienna's friend Grace (moved from Hawaii to Utah earlier this year) invited Sienna to come to a horse show Grace was involved in (she took 2nd place). Sienna not only got to be around horses, she got to ride one.

She's anxious to read the book I've been editing--the one where she's the main characters. Yes, both of them. I was hoping to be able to get through the first edit, but now I'm working on a revise and resubmit edit from a small publisher on another book. *sigh*