Trip Home

  We were all able to go home to WA to visit my family last week. 

 We started off by helping Grandma make lasagna.

 Or just helping eat the cheese.

Plenty of time was spent playing outside 

Learning Frisbee and playing soccer

Who knew this boy would love Frisbee so much he kept asking everyone to play with him everyday!

He got better and better at catching and throwing it

I finally got to meet my 10 month old twin nephews. Such sweet babies they are!

(Not sure who gave those shirts to Trace for the babies but he likes them ;p )

 Maximiliano
(Max)

 Emiliano

We made the trip out to the fair Saturday evening.  

Uncle Austin took Michael on the Big Pink Slide!

 As you can see Michael got a head start

 I missed the money shot!  Looks like Austin still won!  Michael had fun.

 Their first Elephant ear!

 Scooter ride with Uncle Kenzie!

Shelby took out her Endowments while home at the Columbia River Temple.  It was awesome to be there with her and share the experience. Trace and Kenzie came too but didn't make it in the picture.

I was able to squeeze in a visit with Melinda with the kids.  It's amazing how time goes by yet our friendship is still the same.  So glad we were able to catch up.  

We had so much fun visiting with family, eating together, playing together and just hanging out.  We did get some family photos taken while we were there and I can't wait until we get the edited photos to share, we got some pretty cute pictures!

50's family fun night

Our ward put on a last minute 50's themed family fun night.  I got a little excited thinking about dressing up so I worked on it all week.  I'm not gonna lie.  I might be a little crazy. I went to the thrift store and found a cute skirt for only a few bucks.  I bought makeup at the dollar store and some flat pins to do my hair.  Not many people dressed up but I didn't care.  I had fun playing the part of a 1950's house wife. 

 My hair took me about an hour to pin.  I ended up using 44 pins.  It was a lot of work but kind of fun to try something new.  I have to say I love curling irons!  I did it while Landon was sleeping and Michael was ... watching tv? Not sure but I'm sure he was.  Yes I am not wearing makeup.  Scary.  It was a fun process though taking out the pins and getting my hair to look the way it turned out.  It's kind of amazing what you can get your hair to do with a few good tips.

 I got my hair and make up ideas from two Youtube videos. I couldn't have done it without these videos.  She does an amazing job walking you through each step and she is so pleasing to watch. 

 I asked Joe to take a few pics before we went inside the church. 

 I wanted to document all my hard work. ;)

 Landon was my 50's kid.

Joe and Michael were Greasers.

  A sister in our ward who took pictures put this collage together for me and printed it off. 

It was a fun night with lots of silly games, food and treats!  I have a video of Joe and Michael playing crab volley ball.  I'll add it to this post when I find it.

Our trip home

Michael and I were able to make it to the fair Friday evening with my mom and my sister.  We walked around and let Michael enjoy the animals. We of course couldn't leave without buying greasy fair food!  We chose a double corn dog and a strawberry funnel cake.  Mmm yum. 

Michael enjoyed watching this ride of course because it had flags on top.

Michael's allergies started to get the best of him.  He had red eyes and a runny/itchy nose.  I was having a hard time with my allergies as well. 

My Grandma McClellan's funeral went really well and it was nice to see lots of family we hadn't seen in a while.  It was fun to hear stories I'd never heard about my grandma even though some were repeated to grandchildren over and over again. I guess I always missed out on those stories.  One of them was about how my grandma was outside her home and had gotten bit by a dog on the rear.  She went to the Dr. and he said, "So you've been bitten by a dog?"  She said, "Yes".  He asked, "Can you tell me where?"  She said, "On 3rd and Jefferson."  Which of course was her address. 

Joe kept an eye on Michael at the funeral.  He seemed to keep busy.

While we were in WA McKenzie had his Eagle Court of Honor.  It was nice to be able to attend.

Congrats Kenzie!

Our trip home wouldn't be complete without some fresh picked raspberries!

*Okay so I tried to post yesterday (yes, I still would have been a day late), but my internet wouldn't allow me to upload pictures.

So we had a great time at home in WA visiting family and friends. McKenzie grated from HS and all but Austin from our family were able to attend. This is the best picture we got of the family with Joe smiling.
Us with the graduate

What was the first thing this graduate did after receiving his diploma?
Slide down the railing.


Michael really enjoyed Grandma's strawberries from her garden.

I mean REALLY enjoyed them!
I tried to feeding Michael some store bought strawberries and he refused to eat them. I guess no strawberries are like Grandma's strawberries.

Check out what I caught above Michael's head!

We really enjoyed the weather while we were there. The mornings were cool and it was so refreshing. The first morning Michael hadn't adjusted to the time yet and woke up at 5am. I decided we should go for a walk so he wouldn't wake anyone up. We visited the cows down the road and Michael thought that was pretty fun. Michael did adjust himself to the time soon after. He even adjusted back to our time pretty quickly once we got home.
We were the ones who had a hard time adjusting back. We stayed up too late there so it made it really hard for us. The humidity sure gave us a warm welcome back home. We stepped out of the airport and we felt like we were stepping into a sauna! I miss you already WA! This is one thing I do not look forward to in GA. I've only been there during the cooler months. We can't wait to see all of Joe's family though. Only a few more weeks!

*If you'd like to see more pictures I posted them on Facebook.