A Visit to Salem

We had a chance to go and visit Bryan's family in Salem. The first order of business was spoiling Julia rotten. She was given a princess piano and some magnetic paper dolls. Thank you Grandma for being so nice to us!

This is Julia and her little cousin Allison. She thought it was big times because Amanda let her hold Allison and put her binky in (this is not something she gets to do alone with Audrey quite yet.) When Amanda asked Julia if she wanted to go and live at her house, Julia was more than happy to oblige.

There were four grandbabies born in the Palmer family within three months. Allison in March, Brynnlyn in April and Audrey and Scott in May. Scott is in Iowa with his parents, but we did get a picture of the three little girls.

One of the highlights for Julia was a trip to Uncle Jason's house where she was quickly transformed into a cowgirl. She is posing with her cousins Dustin and Tanner.
They had a few week old calf that Jason fed a bottle and Julia was able to pet him. I think that at one point she actually gave the baby cow a kiss. Other than the germs and bugs, how can you help yourself when they are so cute and little.
I couldn't believe that Julia actually did this. We tried to take her on a pony ride at the zoo and she freaked out. But she was more than happy to hop on this horse with Dustin and go for a ride. I was so pleased! Jason was wondering what they should name the horse. When Julia was asked she responded, "Pinky Pie!" Though a good suggestion, the horse was named Chief.


Thank you Jason for sharing all your animals with Julia and for turning her into a little cowgirl! She had such a great time.
Every cowgirl needs to finish a ride with a good popcicle. Wooooooo doggie and yeeeehawwww.