RM Activities

We spent Tuesday shopping for new clothes for my sister since she only had church clothes

and she left most of those as well.

Wednesday we went to do "yard work".

My sister wanted to "end" her mission in style,

granted she was released Tuesday morning,

but she had told her mission companions that she was going to wakeboard in her skirt.

 And that's exactly what she did.

 She also kneeboarded in her skirt. 

Dad took a turn

And Mom did too

 One of my sister's previous mission companions and her mission companion's husband were also with us and both took turns wakeboarding.

Then my sister had another run on the kneeboard.

 Check out that graceful move!

 We headed back down on Saturday.

We had hopes that my dad's family could join us too, but the wind quickly picked up and the day went downhill fast!

But not before my sweet husband got a few runs in.

 And my sister,

this is a big deal folks, this sister rarely takes a turn!

 And her husband also took a turn,

as he was getting ready for another run the wind really picked up and it was SO choppy!

 I felt bad because these little guys' mom wanted a turn, but it was so bad she didn't get one.

We had to head back to the ramp so we'd have some chance of getting the boat back on the trailer.

 The crazy thing was that as we were leaving about 10 more boats were putting in!

It was nuts!

We also spent part of the week getting ready for the adorable baby shower my sisters threw for me!

So hold on to your hats for adorableness that will come!

She's Home!

We've had an exciting couple of weeks!

I'll break up the posts so they aren't forever long.

We headed to my parent's house again on the 11th so we could be in town for

my Grandma's cousin to go to the temple for the first time.

It was really neat to be there with him!

Then on Monday, the 14th, my youngest sister returned home from her mission!

It was a busy busy day!

We worked on projects and things around the house in the morning,

her flight was due in at 4:52 PM,

the airport is an hour away and we had a few errands we needed to run,

so we headed up around 3.

An hour or so before we left we got a phone call from our missionary telling us that her flight was delayed due to a freak rain storm. She had about 30 minutes between her connecting flights, so we headed to the airport hoping for the best.

I installed an app on my phone that tracked her flights,

phones these days are pretty amazing!

I kept watching, according to the app, 

it said she would have about 10 minutes to run to her connecting flight.

So we are running our errands at Deseret Book,

the app says she landed,

my uncle who happened to be at the airport sends us a text and tells us she's running to her next flight.

We have high hopes that she'll make it.

We finish up with our purchases,

my dad's phone rings, but he accidentally ignored the call,

walk out of the store,

when my mom's phone rings.

On the phone is one sad sister missionary,

she missed her flight by THREE minutes!

And do you know what the ticket lady said to her, "Oh, what's another 5 hours?"

My poor sister says, "Actually, it's a really long time!"

As most things do, it actually worked out really well.

My brothers are living with my grandparents for the summer and they live in the city she was in,

so my uncle took her to my grandparent's house and a lot of my mom's side of the family was able to see her.

Sadly, one of my brothers had gotten called out on a fire an hour before my sister landed, so he wasn't able to see her, but my youngest brother was.

My sister's original request for after she got home was to go to dinner at Costa Vida,

so we went there in her honor.

Now her flight was due to arrive at 10 PM.

So we went to a movie, How to Train Your Dragon 2, for not seeing the first one, it was pretty cute.

We also walked around Costco for a while and tried out all of their couches.. lol. 

Then around 9 or so we headed to the airport.

As we were driving up we noticed some lightning near the airport and started to worry that her plane would get rerouted, thankfully it was far enough away that it didn't affect her plane.

Here are all the cousins and my grandparents that were at the airport.

Please check out the little kids' faces, they are hilarious!

 To keep the kids entertained for a while, one of my cousins told the little ones stories and let them share their stories too, it was pretty funny.

 They also played Dead Lions... lol!

It's a great game if you've never played it,

everyone lays down and is very quiet and whoever talks or gets up first loses.

 When it started to get really close to when her flight was supposed to land the kids started looking out the windows to try and see the plane.

 We all took a turn looking

 And then we saw it!

 It's here!

 Then we all ran downstairs to get into position.

Here we are patiently waiting for her to walk in.

My sister and I made the signs, but the kids helped us hold them.

Also, the next two pictures are of the same thing because the kiddos' faces crack me up!

  And then she made it inside! We all cheered and she ran straight for her momma!

 One proud Momma

 And then to her Daddy! One proud Daddy!

 Then she made her way around to everyone.

I think this picture was either before or after my sweet husband and sister gave each other their customary fist bump. Also, it shows the cute sign that I made and held. Lol!

 We didn't stick around too long because it was late and my sweet husband and brother-in-law had to wake up super early the next day to drive 5 hours home and go to work! 

But it is sure great to have her home!

More of the week fun we had during the week to come!

Down to Single Digits!

I can't believe that we are down to single digits!

Only 9 weeks to go!

I'm still feeling great, I find that I tire quickly, but I can handle that.

Our sweet baby girl is quite the mover!

And I think she loves the lake!

She was moving like crazy while we were there and has been moving a ton since!

I love it when she moves and kicks!

I think she is definitely more of a mover than a kicker,

she wiggles around and I swear she's doing flips at times.

Every now and then she'll give a good kick and my whole stomach will flinch,

but for the most part she moves instead.

It's pretty entertaining to watch my stomach roll and move with her movements!

The other night I think she had the hiccups for about 10 minutes,

it was pretty funny.

I love when my sweet husband puts his hand on my belly to feel the baby move,

or when he asks how his baby is doing,

or when he puts his head on my belly to listen to her.

He swears he heard her heart beat a few days ago, with his head on my belly.

He's going to be wrapped so tightly around this little girl's finger, and I love it!

In other news, she's measuring right on as she should!

We are down to every other week for appointments now,

I don't have gestational diabetes, so that's good.

Life is great!

I love the 4th of July!

I say it every year, but I truly love the 4th of July!

I love celebrating it in my hometown!

The past couple of years we haven't been able to make it in time for the town water fight,

but this year we did!

My sweet in-laws joined us this year!

They got in on the action as well.

I watched and laughed at everyone..lol!

Here is the gang in action

 My sweet husband and some of my cousins ready for their next victims!

 Here is my father-in-law peeking around the corner to see if anyone is coming

 Some of my cousins decided to drive around for a bit,

please enjoy my cousin in the left corner, her face is priceless!

 More of my relatives that drove around

 Just a great action shot!

After the epic water fight we had a family BBQ, it was delicious!

Then we relaxed for the rest of the evening and went to bed.

We had an early start the next morning,

some earlier than others.

My mom, my father-in-law, and my sweet husband ran in the 5K.

My mother-in-law and I went down to cheer them in 

but my mom and my sweet husband were too fast for us,

they were finished when we got there.

We did get to cheer in my father-in-law.

 Post-race photo

 We went home so they could get ready and 

then we headed down to the park for breakfast, the program, and races.

The kids did well in the program.

 My cousins saved us a good shade spot for the races.

We enjoyed cheering the kids on.

 Then we participated in the watermelon eating contest, 

but apparently I forgot to hand my camera to my mom.

The rest of the day I guess we were having too much fun to remember to take pictures because I forgot to take any more pictures,

but we relaxed for a bit (aka took naps),

then we went to my aunt and uncle's home and swam in their pool and had a BBQ.

It was delicious!

Then we went back to my parents home to get the boat ready for some "yard work" the next day,

and to welcome in my brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

The next morning was also an early morning, but worth it.

We did a little yard work...

well, I took pictures and cheered everyone on.

I took a lot of pictures, but I figured I'd only share one of each person doing each activity they did.

Here is my papa doing what he does best!

 My sweet mother-in-law,

she is a champ, she hurt her back on her first attempt, but still skied for a while!

 My sweet father-in-law

 My dad fishing! Our boat quickly becomes a fishing boat when there are fish boiling!

 My handsome husband getting some awesome air!

 My dad even wakeboarded! If you know him, that's a rare occurrence!

 My sweet husband and I enjoying the beautiful day!

 My brother-in-law getting some air

 My mama doing what she does best!

 My sweet husband waterskiing 

My brother-in-law waterskiing

 We talked my sister-in-law into skiing, this is her husband helping her get ready.

 She even got up!

 Remember how I said my mother-in-law hurt her back,

this is how she rested it.

We made the front into a bed and my mom would wet a towel

 and wring it out on her to keep her cool.

 After a wonderful day doing "yard work," 

we celebrated our sister-in-law's birthday (which is actually today)

with a delicious cake!

It was a great weekend!

I'm so grateful for our country and the freedoms we enjoy!

I'm so grateful for the men and women that fight for our country each day!

I'm grateful to be a citizen of this great nation!

I love America!