Maine Trip: Day 1

Well, technically the first day we just travelled all day. The second our plane touched down in Portland, it started to rain. And the clouds didn't break much until we took off. That night we ate dinner with my mission friend (see below). Then I hit the hay early, while Brady stayed up and watched the BYU vs. USU football game on cable.

Maine Mini-Mission Reunion

We made a trip to Maine. One of my mission companions, Kendall Michaelsen Hood, lives just a couple hours away from Portland. So she and her cute family made the trip up and had dinner with us.


It was so fun to meet her kids, who I've only seen via blogs and facebook. Thomas is Stockton's same age, and I know they would be great friends! Abby is 10 months is a little beauty!


I loved visiting with Kendall and catching up with her. And most of all reminiscing about the good ol' mission days. Brady loved talking to her husband, Kenta. They quickly found a common passion: college football. They could've talked for hours!


It just love this girl! So many wonderful memories made with her. Thank you Kendall for making the trip up to see us! Eres LO MAXIMO!

Dinosaur Museum

One day we went to the Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum with some friends. Stockton loved it and asks to go back all the time.


Matching the dinosaurs to their cutouts.


Playing with toy dinos.


Playing in the sand and water. I love how Stockton's little friend, McKinley is making a bouquet out of the palm trees!

Building a dinosaur with McKinley's mom.

Stockton roaring like a dinosaur!


YIKES! A big shark!

And of course, mom's favorite dinosaur... the BYU-a-saurus!

Trying to Catch Up

After a very busy summer, I'm trying to catch up on blogging. So over the next few days you will see a few posts pop up. They may or may not be in order. Stay tuned...

Tangled Party

For Anellina's 3rd Birthday, she had a Tangled Party! They had all kinds of fun activities.

Coloring pictures from Tangled.


Stockton pointing out "Tangled."


Being a little rowdy.


Loving Poppa!


Opening presents.


Then RAPUNZEL CAME!!!! Aunt Holly and Jace dressed up like Rapunzel and Flynn Rider. The kids loved it!


She read the story of Rapunzel.

And played fun games with the kids.

So fun to have celebrities at the party!

Then we played "Pin the nose on Flynn." Stockton did pretty good!

And we enjoyed "Tangled" cake. It was such a fun party and the kids had a blast! Happy 3rd Birthday Anellina!

Lina's back in town!

Anellina and her family came into town for a few days. Lina and Stockton had tons of fun together. They loved watering and picking flowers outside.


Running around.


Playing on the helicopter.


More running around inside.

They rode around on the deck for a while. Anellina figured out a way that she could get a ride on the back of Stockton's trike. She had to stick her legs straight out, but they had a blast doing it. Anellina kept telling Stockton to "Drop me off here, at the airport." And he'd let her off by the back door.

One evening we went swimming at Jace's house. It was a bit nippy, but so fun! Stockton and Daddy went down the big slide together.

SPLASH! Notice: no nose plugged and eyes wide open. Yeah, it was a little traumatic for Stock. He told me later, "Next time I go down that big slide, I'll close my eyes."

Holly and Lina played cute together.

And Grandma Shawna was there to give a helping hand, too.

We had a BBQ and then just as we were getting ready to leave Stockton got sick and threw up in the car. Little did I know that it would turn out to be a HUGE deal. He threw up the whole way home... and kept throwing up for 6 days straight! The poor little guy was so sick and we think he picked up some nasty bug at the splash park. It was so sad. And sadly a lot of the family caught it too :(