Nuttall Family: Fountain Fun

With summer quickly coming to an end I really wanted to do something fun with Brax. I had been feeling really guilty that we didn't get to do much with him this summer. There were many things I wanted to do but just didn't get around to it. To make myself feel better I would tell myself "He is still pretty young for most of those things and he wouldn't fully enjoy it or appreciate it. Next summer though, when he's 2 he'll be able to get around easier and probably enjoy it more." Hopefully next summer we can get around to more of my summer activities list when he is a little older and hopefully will enjoy it more.

I came up with what I thought would be a SUPER FUN afternoon activity - Running through the fountains at Gate Way! Nate was able to have his first "day off" (I say that because he never really gets a full day off without phone calls and problems) with the hiring of another estimator at M&M. Despite the phone calls it was so nice to have him home with us for 3 days!! What I thought would be so much fun was actually us persuading Braxton to let us hold him near the water. Every time we put him down he would freak out! As long as we were holding him he was okay, until the water came. Nate and I would both laugh crazy laughs and tell him how funny it was and joke about it getting us wet. The joking around warmed Brax up to the idea a little bit but not as much as I would have liked. There were lots of other kids running around and he was really interested in watching them to see what they were doing. We decided that next time we go we need to bring along some little friends for him to run around with - I think he would have enjoyed it a lot more if he had little friends who he is comfortable with to get wet with.

After our attempt at the fountain we stopped by the T-mobile store to get a Sim card for my phone..... STORY TIME ..... My previous phone was not working. The screen would freeze. My phone would randomly drop calls and shut off. I was getting really frustrated so we sent it in for a new one. Well, Nate usually sets up my new phones for me but he was really busy with stuff when I finally got it and 2 or 3 days later I decided to take it upon myself to switch out the phones and get my now old phone ready to send back. A couple of days later Nate took the box with my old phone to the UPS store and all was well - so I thought. I didn't know that when you get a new replacement phone it doesn't come with a Sim card. You have to take the card out of your old phone and actually place it in the new one. To be honest with you, I didn't even know my phone had a Sim card! Needless to say, I lost all my pictures and I wasn't able to take any new ones with my replacement phone until I got a card. I wasn't a huge deal. I don't use the camera on my phone all that often - except when I want to send a picture of Braxton to Grandma or Dad or when Nate is at the hardware store and needs to buy something identical to something we have at home and he wants me to sent a picture to him of what it looks like. I would get a little frustrated on the rare occasion that I did want to take a picture and the screen would say - please insert Sim card. I would be frustrated because I wasn't able to take a picture I wanted to and also because every time it reminded me of who silly I was to send my Sim card back with my old phone!!!! And that's why we got a Sim card for my phone ...... Okay, story time over!

We then hit up Leatherby's for lunch - mainly for the ice cream after our lunch of course! Nate learned on this day that Leatherby's got rid of their Banana Nut ice cream! He was devastated. Every time we have ever gone to Leatherby's for as long as I can remember (and we've know each other for almost 8 years) he would always get Mandy's Milkshake with Banana Nut ice cream. I think he ended up getting a small dish of something to drown his sorrows in. I can't remember which flavor he ended up going with though.

Needless to say our day didn't turn out quite like we had planned but despite all of our "disappointments" it turned out to be a really nice day being able to all be together!

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