Saturday, July 27, 2013

Visiting the Carters

On our way from Idaho to Utah we made a little stop to visit our friends in Logan.  We met them in New Mexico in 2009 while we were both living in La Ventana.  That summer we hung out every day and our kids blended so well.  We have stayed in touch ever since and it was so fun to actually see them again!  Evelin made us an amazing lunch and then we went swimming.  We had so much fun and keep our fingers crossed they come to join us in New Mexico!

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What a difference a few years make!  Zack wasn’t even born yet and Andrew was Zack’s age.  Crazy!

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Uncle Mike comes home!

The long awaited day finally arrived!  It was the day Uncle Mike would get home!  We got all packed up in the morning since we would be headed home early the next day, then went and saw a movie in the afternoon.  Can you tell how crowded the theater was?

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On our way to the airport we stopped by and visited the Rexburg Temple.  The kids were so cute and ran up to touch it.

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Then we stopped by the Idaho Falls temple  where we had a hard time keeping Lily in shoes and the kids out of the water features.

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Good thing our timing was amazing and we were there with these crazy kids as people were leaving from a session. 

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Then we finally made it to the airport!  The plane was a little delayed so we had time to run all over the airport.  Lucky us.

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Check out those beautiful signs!

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Thank goodness for phones with Taylor Swift music videos on them.  Lily loves it and will stay still.

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Mike was one of the last people to come through the doors.  Before we made the “stand on the carpet” rule each passenger was met with signs being waved in their face followed by jumping and yelling it wasn’t him.

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FINALLY HE COMES OUT!!!

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All together at last!

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Ben thought he would carry uncle Mike’s bag out to the car.  He was able to lift it….and that’s about it.  Those things are HEAVY!

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While Uncle Mike was dishing out gifts Zack found a balloon and loved it….until he realized Ben got a hat.  Then he tried to take it by force!

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Very serious business going on at that table.

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Hunters happy!

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Kallie puts her army bag to good use as a baby carrier.  So inventive!

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We are so glad we decided to stay to see uncle mike come home!

Kid’s Choice

On our last unplanned day in Rexburg we let the kids decide what that wanted to do.  They decided on Rexburg Rapids one more time.  This time we brought Lily and Gwen too!  They had so much fun playing in the water.

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We were there so long I actually took Zack home and gave him a nap then went back to the park and play some more.  He took almost a 3 hour nap!  It was fantastic!

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Getting a good picture with so many kids is impossible.  I love Zack pulling Andrew’s hair in this one.

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Do they look exhausted or what?!

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Nope, we got home after 8pm and they were ready to play outside.  I need some of their energy!

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