In May, the boys and I were able to spend 3 weeks in Utah and Idaho with family. Sean unfortunately had to stay for finals. He did get to meet up with us for about 5 days of the trip...it was definitely way fun seeing family, but so hard being away from Sean for so long. I'm so glad I am not a single mom. Even though I don't see Sean much with medical school going on, I still have his support and help. I gained a new appreciation for those single moms out there. It's hard! and I only had to do it for 2 1/2 weeks!
Flying alone is quite a challenge. Gratefully they were pretty amazing and even happy at some points!
I don't look forward to flying alone ever again. It's exhausting! And you get a lot of bad looks...."oh no, there's a mom with two kids BY HER SELF!!! Please don't let her seat be next to mine!" Yeah...I knew what they were all thinking...their faces said it all. But, they were surprisingly good. Aben was great for the most part...going through security was quit traumatic. But once we were settled on the plane, he loved it. Noah struggled at times, but luckily slept a lot!
First we went to Rupert to visit the Rutschkes:
He immediately found his favorite toy and went driving around. He loved mowing the lawn with Grandpa Rutschke and talked about it for about a week too! He loves playing with all his cousins there and they all had a blast.
Next we went to Salt Lake for my best friend from college, Erica's wedding:
And we got to spend time with the Taylor cousins in Mapleton and Provo!:
And of course enjoy some Rita's!
Next we headed to Nampa to visit my parents:
Aben got to play with the cool toy lawn mower that blows bubbles and help Grandpa Taylor mow the lawn.
We read stories with Grammy Taylor
We played with our friends really cool ginormous dog,
Noah made silly faces, as he wasn't quite sure if he liked the big dog or not,
We played at the Boise Zoo...
and pretended we were turtles,
and played on the merry-go-round. Aben loved that he got to ride the lion.
Noah discovered is love of french fries.
And Aben got to drive a cool jeep. The trip to the zoo was a definite success!
Noah just loves his grandparents!
We had such a fun trip, but next time... I don't think we will drive around quite so much! Next time, everyone will just have to come see us!! :)
No comments:
Post a Comment