The Ups and Downs of getting Married (in the eyes of a 3-year-old)

Rachel has been telling me for the last couple months that she is excited to get married. her reasoning being that she wants to have a baby. She would ask me constantly who she was going to marry or when she was going to get married. A couple times she has asked if she was going to marry Dad. I tell her no, that I already got him. One time after hearing this answer she asked, "Well who am I going to marry?" I told her she would marry a man who came home from his mission and told her she was awesome and that he loved her and would she marry him? I told her she would then tell him yes, but only if they got married in the temple. She asked, "Like you and Dad got married in the temple?" I said yes, just like we did. She asked, "Am I going to marry Rusty?" (Rusty is her uncle who is on a mission right now.)

Later after having one of our "when am I going to get married" conversations, I told her that when she got married she wouldn't live with us anymore. She would live with her husband.

Now she tells us she doesn't want to get married because she always wants to live with us.

What a sweetheart.

Fun at Knott's Berry Farm

We went to Knott's Berry Farm on Tuesday with Mindy's family. We were sad Jeff couldn't come because he had to work, but we still had a blast. I never imagined how much Rachel would love rollercoasters, but she was fearless! She got on the kids' roller coaster, which was even a little scary for me, but she was laughing and giggling the whole time! We went out of the kids' area to go on some of the bigger rollercoasters and Rachel so wanted to go on them, but she was about 6 inches too short. I'm excited to go back when she grows 6 more inches, which shouldn't be too long, since the girl grows like a weed. There were even a couple small rides that Jaki could go on and she seemed to have a blast too. It was a very fun day!