A Crazy Day Trip

Seriously who calls (or even goes) from Utah to Alberta (Canada) to Waterton (Canada) to Washington State in a 36 hour time frame?  Yeah we do and did!  Before I left the United States I HAD to go and see my grandmother.  We first visited and spent the night with my dad's brother Uncle Thom and my Aunt Carol.  In the morning as we were saying our goodbye's my dad's sister Aunt Barbara, from Idaho, walked in the door.  It was so good to see them both!  Thank You so much for your kindness and great company!  It was so fun to watch the kids experience life on a farm ... especially the chickens and gathering the eggs they laid in the morning.

 

We then headed out to see my grandmother, who lives in Cardston where the LDS temple is.  You can't go to Cardston without getting a family picture in front of the temple ... even if you are pregnant and despise getting your picture taken.  

And here we are with my grandmother.  I was a total mess, I have to be honest.  I cried the entire time and I seriously couldn't stop.  I don't know when I'll be able to get back up to see this dear sweet woman but I had to see her before I left the country for 3 years.  The kids were great!  In fact, Paige was amazing and kept hugging and kissing her randomly throughout our visit.  My grandma got a kick out of that!  Thanks grandma for being such a wonderful example and such an amazing woman!  We love you!

And you can't go to Cardston without making it over to Waterton ... even if it is for just an hour.  I love Waterton, I always have!  This trip was a little tainted though.  The camera dropped out of our car when we opened the back and forced the lens sun shade to get stuck on the camera lens.  We managed to get the shade off our lens but then the lens wouldn't zoom in or out.  Seriously?!  We had to ship our lens to Nikon, have them fix it, pay mucho $$ for the repair and then crossed our fingers that it would get to me in Utah before I flew to Germany.   But isn't this picture of Emi with Miles so cute?!  I love it!  Every child needs a picture of just them and their daddy on vacations, it's priceless!