Back HOME on the range (kind of)

E's swollen head is almost as large as her 3 year-old cousin Remi's.  We were so grateful to Remi and her mom and dad for providing us with a place to stay and a vehicle to drive!  Made the trip a bit less expensive, which is worth a TON after you pay for 5 people to ride on an airplane across the country!

Ty's favorite thing to see while he's home (other than his family, of course!) are the sunrises/sunsets.

He spent a LOT of time running around with the kids!  I think he was glad to be outside instead of being trapped in the hospital.

Who is batman??? Haha, this picture makes me laugh EVERY time!

Yup, it's Addellyn. The other three aren't quite as well disguised.

Evaleigh LOVES to be outside, especially after she's been trapped inside for a month!  We were quite surprised at how well she tolerated the grass.

Uncle Ty with ALL of the kids again...I think that's where he feels most "at home."

He did grow up with 4 brothers after all.

The cousins (minus Evaleigh)

Coleson swapped and did his nice face in the silly picture and his angry face in the nice picture, oops!

Grandma's Thanksgiving Party

Every Thanksgiving-ish Grandma Renee throws her annual Thanksgiving dinner/Christmas party.  It had been 9 years since we had been close enough to attend.  Everyone had changed a little bit since then!

 The kids, other than Evaleigh-she wasn't too sure, enjoyed telling Santa what they hoped to get for Christmas.   

But Evaleigh did enjoy seeing a couple of her Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins.  For a minute anyway.
And we were glad to finally have the chance to see them all as well!

a Wonderful "pit-stop"

In order to get to Ty's hometown we had to drive past my grandma and grandpa's home.  SOOO we talked Nana and Papa into meeting us there so that we could spend a day with them while we were that far west.  We were so grateful they made the trip to see us! Although we had seen them when Evaleigh was born, it seemed like it had been ages (maybe because of the extreme stress we had been under) since we last saw them, hugged them, and felt their calming and comforting presence.

We were able to go to church with them and relax on Sunday.  Then we spent Monday at the history museum, watching the glass blowers, eating yummy food, and just having fun.