Airport pictures!

Here's some pictures of us hanging out at the airport...

Nora & Miles

Sophie insisted she was not tired at all

I really thought I was smiling in this picture!

Sophie asked if it was morning yet and when I told her it was she got pretty excited and said, "I stayed up all night!!" then she was asleep about 10 minutes later. What an adventure!

Happy Anniversary!

Not many people can say they started off their 6th anniversary hanging out in an airport for 5 hours with 3 kids! I am happy to say our traveling went relatively well and we are now back in our home! The kids were excellent on both of our flights and Nora and Miles both fell asleep on the second one, which was a blessing - the lady that sat behind us wasn't thrilled about it. When we were boarding she took one look at us and said, "Well I hope this isn't going to be a problem!" Afterwards she told me what sweet babies I had. Sophie held out until about 5:45 am (Michigan time) before she finally crashed! It is nice to have the traveling over and be in our own beds again. But we already miss everyone we left!
I can't believe Brian and I have been married for 6 years now. It has been the best 6 years of my life and I love him more now than ever. He is always good to me and an incredible father to our children. I think he is an incredible person and I am so lucky to have him as a husband!!

6 years!! Time flies when your having fun!

Leaving on a jet plane

We will be home in less than 24 hours! It has been a wonderful vacation but we are looking forward to being back home. Our flight leaves today at 5:00 and we will get to the airport around 1:45 am.... Should be exciting! I think the kids will do okay on the flight. We've got a couple new movies and a dvd player - and an extra pair of clothes :) The worrisome part is that we will be hanging out in the airport from 1:45 am until our bus comes at 6:15 am! Yikes. We had already bought our plane tickets before we checked times on the shuttle bus. We will get home around 8:30 tomorrow morning (which is also Brian and I's anniversary). But don't expect to see us at church on Sunday...... hopefully we will be sleeping!  

What are the chances?

We finally talked to someone from Amtrak who told us if we board our train in Utah on the 29th we would be taking it to Denver and then would have to take a 7 hour bus ride to Omaha and then another train to Chicago, and another to Michigan. That sounds fun with 3 kids! The train was going to be a long ride anyway, but a bus ride is much different than a train! So we are now exploring all other possible options to get us home no later than Tuesday (Brian has a class on Wednesday).  So if you see any screaming deals on flights - let us know :)  Now we get to break the news to Sophie that we won't be taking a train....

Still busy, busy, busy....

Our month of vacationing continues! Here is some of what we've done the last week......

Hiked on Antelope island with my friend Cathie and her 3 kids

Silly faces! 

got together with some of my high school friends for a bbq

saw some friends in Clearfield

And some friends in Tooele - these are 2 happy boys!

made some chocolates with granmda - look closely at Sophie's face on this one!!

Saw some cousins in Eagle Mountain

Nora in her chocolate making headgear

Went to Ogden with the phillips family

At the treehouse museum

cousin Truman and Emily Ann

Making bird feeders with naunie

reading books with grandma

Sophie rarely falls asleep in the day - she was definitely worn out!

Our friends in Tooele = the Rawlings family

Sophie and Lizzie

We are still having a fun time seeing our family and friends. We have some more fun things planned in the coming 2 weeks. As for now our train is having problems due to the flooding in the midwest. Hopefully all will be resolved before our trip home!! 

sweet little man

 Miles is such a sweet and happy baby. He makes me smile every day!

funny things...

FYI: from now on I will be posting all the hilarious things my kids do and say that make me laugh on my other blog. I lost them from the side bar last time I changed my background so I thought I'd find a better way to have them around forever. Read them here. Or not. I promise I won't be offended.