Boys at the River

Today I had Brandon come and spend the night with me after I got off work. And then Joe and Val asked me to watch Jacob while they went to dinnerl. It was so fun. We went and picked up McDonald's, because if you know anything about kids you know that that is the favorite place to eat of every kid in America! Then we took it back to my house and we sat outside on a blanket and had a picnic. After we finished eating we played football. Then Brandon asked if we could go feed the ducks and Jacob was in! So I took a half of a loaf of bread and some old hamburger buns and we went to the river to feed the ducks. Brandon is such a good cousin. He loves to play with the younger ones and help them do things. He watches out for them and enjoys playing with them or like today breaking up bread for Hacob to throw to the ducks. Brandon has this down to an art! H loves to hold out a long strip of bread (so the duck won't bite him) and let the duck (goose) eat it right out of his hand. Jacob was pretty impressed with this trick however, he wasn't ready to try it. He just liked throwing it to them.

Jacob had been throwing bread to the ducks, however in this one it was so sweet! He looked up and realized where he was and that the Temple was across the river. He pointed at it and just kept saying "gramma, a temple and the water". It was so sweet to see how his mom and dad have taught him about the temple and that he is familiar enough that he does recognize it!!
Good job Joe and Val!!

He loved sitting on the rock and feeding all the ducks. He was a little concerned about the ducks that weren't getting any bread. Even the birds on the bank that didn't get bread he wanted to get more to give them.

Here he has a hand full of bread to trhow to the ducks! But he took a moment to look at me and say "cheese" so I could get a good picture....look at those blue eyse!!

The boys had a good time feeding the ducks. I had a good time watching them and getting a few pictures to help me remember the afternoon I got to spend with them...I had fun...I think they did too!