Grandma and Isabella Get Creative

 Before we leave for our mission I wanted to take Isabella on a fun outing.  First lunch at Chick-fil-A , which was was her choice!

Then painting pottery at 'A Way With Clay' in Meridian.  You pick out a piece, paint and decorate it and they fire it for you.  The hardest part is waiting a week to pick up the finished piece.

Isabella decided on a cute bear 

And worked very hard on her painting.

It took a lot of patience to let it dry between coats.  

Luckily they gave us some fans to help with the process

Next Isabella added details.

I stuck with a simple geometric vase in one color.

Isabella wasn't too impressed but I like it.

When we were done with our pottery, Isabella asked, 'What are we doing now?"  I thought we were going home but when she asked for a treat I did what any Grandma would do.....we went to Crumbl!

Isabella was a bit impatient waiting to see her creation but she was very happy with what she had created.  I love it too.

I will miss spending time with this cutie....

I am leaving when she is in 3rd grade. I'll be gone for her whole 4th grade year and will be back just about the time she starts 5th grade.

I fully expect her to be taller than I am by then.

I couldn't 't possibly love her any more than I do!

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