Utah Trip 3--Best of Friends

Apparently we had such a wonderful (very short) time at the Richardson's home in Ogden that we forgot to even get the camera out of the car.

(a petting farm in NC)...............(Halloween, 2007)
So, I decided to post some pictures from the past...mainly because Addellyn has been begging to see pictures of Cameron every day and it's easier to clump them all together.

(med school graduation, 2008)...(nov. 2007, true love?)

they play so well together, I've never seen Addellyn interact with anyone else in the same way...it's almost weird for 2 two-year-olds, but it's so sweet!

Addellyn also claims that Cameron is coming to see her for Christmas on his school bus...just a heads up for you, Meredith, you wouldn't want to dissapoint a two year old!

Needless to say, we loved spending time with good friends! I joined the kids in crying half way home after we said good-bye...partly because I was so tired of them crying and just tired, but mainly because it's sad to know we will be so far from these friends that became our family for four years, we really wish we still lived blocks away...maybe someday again!

Utah Trip 2--Whirlwind through Delta

We were so glad to finally be with Tyler's family...

...it was a long journey, but it was fun to be with Grandma and Grandpa, as well as Uncle "Turt" and Aunt Jessie. Of course, we found time to go to the "Busy Bee" library and the local burger joint.

The kids had a great time running around (for the first time in what seemed like days :), to Makinzie). Makinzie fell in love with the game of football and Addellyn just plain fell in love with "uncle turt." He is a common topic of conversation since our trip (just slightly ranked below her true love: Cameron!)

Addellyn is quite the mother to any and all dolls. I don't know if she feels like they are the only things she can boss around (since Coleson can definitely hold his own) or if she really loves them, but she loving lined up and then scolded Grandma's Raggedy Ann dolls.

Coleson was having a good time fixing Jessie's hair and trying to figure out how to walk through gravel. He also REALLY loved the kitty! "ditty, ditty, ditty" he would say every time he saw anything fluffly out the window (in a very HIGH squeaky voice).

Trip to Utah, stop 1--Leaves in Lindon

For some reason, I have had a lot of trouble uploading pictures the past few weeks...and now it is suddenly working again, who knows?
Anyway, mid- November Tyler ended up with 4 days off in a row, so we quickly loaded the crew in our AWESOME minivan and headed towards Delta...

We spent A LOT of time in the car with ScREamInG babies, but we spent some time in the car watching movies too. We drove as far as we could the first evening and made it to Lindon to see Gramps and Grandma Vivian.

We only spent a few hours awake with them, but the kids quickly fell in love and had a great time cleaning the leaves up in Gramps' yard. It was sad to say good bye after such a short fun visit...but we had to continue on our way.