We drove out to Utah on Friday. The drive out was pretty good. We listened to The Hunger Games and it kept us entertained the entire way. Akoy went back and forth from movies, books, toys and treats. Lily slept and eat. Friday morning we kept telling Akoy we were going to see Grandma and he wanted to get in the car all morning. We should have waited to tell him until we were ready. When we got to my mom's house it was 2 in the morning. I thought they would be asleep and Akoy was so upset that he didn't get to see them. My mom heard him screaming and came down to rescue him. He was SO excited to see all the family. He played Angry Birds on my dad's ipad for a little until we went to bed. Angry Birds has become a favorite game.
We hung out for the weekend and went to a few favorite food places as always. Gregory's were gone for the first part of the weekend because they were at the BYU game in Oregon.
We blessed Lily on Sunday night and had quite the turn out. More on that in another post.
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| This picture was actually the following Sunday, but these kids look so cute! I love it! |
Monday we spent the day with Gregory's and went to dinner for Keith's birthday at Texas Roadhouse. Akoy was so excited to see his cousin Addi.This is the first time he has said her name. It was so cute.
Bryson had to leave us Tuesday morning and it was so sad to see him go. I always hate to be away. Both boys were able to get haircuts while we were there. Even though the girl that cut Akoy's hair did a poor job, I was just glad it was two less haircuts for me to do!
I spent most of this trip making our Halloween costumes. I had bought everything before going to Utah and needed to have things done before getting back. I had no choice but to do them in Utah. Luckily I was forced into this because I really needed my mom's help. I have no idea how to use a pattern and my mom helped me complete my dress and Lily's costume.
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| Akoy always asks to hold her and then says "cheese" because he wants a picture. |
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| My little brother Brayden got to take his dream car out for a spin. This car is a family friends and my brothers just drooled over it. Brayden also has a big week coming up! He receives his mission call Wednesday! |
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| My brothers cuddling on the couch with Brayden's gf.... |
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| Cousins in party hats. |
I was sad I didn't get to spend a lot of time with my sister Brooke. She took her family to Disneyland about the same time I was there. This trip wouldn't have happened without Brooke. She was going to fly out to see us and instead offered to pay for my flight to come and see her. Then I could see the rest of my family. So we spent the last couple of days before leaving at Brooke's house once she got home. It is so fun to see Vienna. She has grown up so much! I hate living so far away for this reason!
This trip I didn't have a lot of time to go and see my friends, but we did squeeze in some time to see my friend Amber. She had twins in July. I don't know how she does it, but she is amazing! Akoy and Ryker are a month apart, and Lily and Beckett and Sophie are two months apart. These guys will be forced friends :)
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| Akoy, Lily, Beckett, Sophie, Ryker |
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| Akoy and Mia |
I was worried about traveling home by myself with two kids. I knew I would be fine, I just still stressed about it. As I was checking in for my flight, I was notified that my flight was running late and it would make me miss my connecting flight. As a result I had to fly through Arizona and then to Omaha, putting me in a couple hours later. As the lady relayed this message, I completely lost it. Started crying. I felt extremely stupid and kept saying I was fine, and just a little emotional. I blame it on all my emotions. come on, I just had a baby. The kids did okay on the plane. Akoy required a lot of attention and made lots of new friends on the plane. Lily slept some of the time, but as long as she had a boob she was good. I was so grateful for all the help. I realized I looked like a mess with Lily in the Bjorn and Akoy in the stroller and my bags and got a lot of funny looks on our layover. We were so excited to see Bryson when we landed. We got home around 2 in the morning and I was so excited to sleep in my own bed.
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| He loved having his own tray |
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| The lines are what my flight was supposed to be like, and the dots were what it was |
**Sorry for the long posts... One day I will be caught up! :)
1 comments:
The only thing that would make this post better is if there was a picture of me with you and Lily and Akoy! haha. I am so impressed with you taking both of them on the plane by yourself. Way to go! Love you!
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