My First "DATE" with Jude

Kennan had yet another Dr. appointment for Greta this week, so I

asked her if I could take Jude for the day on a "date". Turns out

Jude doesn't like to call it a "date" because his girlfriend is

Greta (that's what he told me!). But lucky me got to spend most

of the day with this little charmer. We hit Mickey D's for a leisurely

lunch and then made our way to a matinee of "How to Train Your Dragon"

which Jude had already seen but I had not. He brought along all his little

action figures from the movie and I think he loved it as much the

2nd time as he did the first. We might have also made a stop at

Wal-Mart to search for the dragon he was missing from his collection

and BINGO...we found it! He helped me make dinner and hung out

for the rest of the day until Mom, Dad and Greta came down to

join us. What a great day and what a great boy!

Best smile in the world!!

I really love this little guy! And one on one time

with him is far and above the BEST... he loves the

girls but I love getting a glimpse into what he thinks

when we are one on one.

Thanks for the great day,

Judakins...let's do it again real soon!!

In addition....we were lucky enough to have Mike's 2nd

cousins, Jan Benson Lindsey and Trish Benson Andrew,

stay with us this week while they were moving Tric's daughters

out of BYU for the summer. We didn't see much of them

except in the evenings but we had a fun time staying up

late and catching up on family history and gossip with them.

Mike has great memories of spending time in the Benson's

home while on his mission back East. I think he has a

picture just like this when he was 19 and Jan and Tricia

were young girls. It was great to see them again!