Wal-Mart to the Rescue

Riya brought out her piggy bank and emptied it out, put the money in a sock and asked if we could go to the mall. Huh? Then she elaborated that she wanted to go for the electronic rides. I didn't see this in our day today so I kept telling her that we might go after we go get groceries. I kept putting emphasis on the MIGHT.
Well - we never got around to getting groceries and she was heartbroken. I told her we'd go tomorrow. Nope - she wasn't having it. I even offered her all sorts of other awesome deals - she wouldn't have those either. So, I got the idea that we could run to Wal-Mart and I could grab milk (to last until tomorrow) and she and Ems could ride on the rides in their play zone (which she always begs to do but I always say no). She was so stinkin' excited, her tears instantly turned to giggles!
Here she is driving the fire engine with Emma in the back pushing buttons and checking out the dog that was stuck to the truck. I took lots of pics but this was the only decent one - they were moving so they turned out blurry. Boo to my camera for that.

In other news - John's sister Sarah and her family are officially moved out here! Well, sort of. Her husband came down with his brother and all of their possessions and they got here last night. After unloading the truck, they realized the air conditioner in the house wasn't working so we got some over night visitors. We love to have company so it was great! Riya loved that her "uncle" (as she kept referring to him - not by his name) and "his brother" were coming and staying with us.