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On June 13th, we took a family outing to the Lima temple grounds. Depending on the route we take to church, we pass the temple on our way, but we hadn't been over to wander the grounds yet, and since we couldn't go to the Trujillo temple open house, we figured we should at least visit the Lima temple :)

I wore Andrew in the wrap again. It was proving to be very useful :) When we got there, there was a kid Matt plays soccer with handing out advertisements for an LDS store just outside the grounds. They chatted for a second and then we went in. Everyone loves my babies :) Red hair and being a baby will do that for you. We checked out all of the grounds and the little family history center they had. Henlie wanted to sit on every single bench around the temple. We also ran into a senior missionary couple from our ward on our way out, so that was fun :)










I'm glad we took the opportunity to go look at the grounds and feel some of the peace the temple brings. It also provides a good opportunity to talk to Henlie about Mommy and Daddy's temple sealing and that we can be together as a family forever :)

On June 10th, I tested my new wrap with a walk to the park with both kids on my own. Henlie had lost all shows for the day, so I thought a few hours at the park would be a good distraction, and then she could take a nap on our way back home. I made some sandwiches and cookies and sliced an apple and packed a blanket so we could have a picnic. 

I let her play on the playground for awhile, and she made a couple new friends. She and this little girl really took to each other. Henlie even taught her to pick up the leaves and drop them by the tree haha. Eventually, though, she stopped being a good listener (which was why she lost shows in the first place), so we left to have our picnic.


While we were eating, I met the creepy guy my friend and our babysitter have told me about. (At least, I hope it's the same one.) Basically, he asked me something, and I'm all, I don't understand. I don't speak Spanish (only, I actually know how to say that much in Spanish :)) Anyway, he eventually sits down and joins us, on occasion trying to tell me things. When I tell him I don't understand, he gets all up in my ear to tell me....and I'm all like...that doesn't help, and you're creepy. Now, we were eating, and Andrew was nursing, and I couldn't exactly get up and go. He tried to hold my hand a couple times and I just pulled away. Now, before anyone gets too upset, I didn't actually feel threatened. It was more like he had some disability and didn't get social cues. And of course, since I couldn't talk to him, it didn't help.  Anyway, we finished up and packed everyone and everything up and he acted like he was going to come with us. So we just stopped and he left, and then I high-tailed it home. It was an exciting first adventure out, for sure.