In April we got to fly out to Idaho for the weekend for Brother-in-law Dan's wedding reception. It was such a wonderful weekend because the whole Christensen family was there and we got to spend some serious quality time with Bob, Dale, and all the sibs. Jadyn and McKay did AWESOME on the airplane ride, we are so grateful that our kids travel so well! (thus far!). They both loved ordering juice and eating the little crackers.
Flying anywhere is usually a full day experience for us since our closest major airport is 3.5 hours away. We left the house at 6:30am, reached the airport and got through security by 10:15. The flight left at 11:25, we had a two hour layover in Pheonix (plenty of time to find a Cinnabon!!), and then finally made it to Idaho at 4:30. Larry picked us up in one of the big pick ups, we didn't get very far though before the incredible rain had us pulling over to try and fit all our baggage in the cab with us! Joe and Larry are amazing packers and made all 3 bags fit in next to 3 adults and two car seats.
Grandma C. brought home 14 baby chicks for the weekend so all the little grand kids could enjoy them. Jadyn was especially enamored by the soft fuzzy chickies. She LOVED cuddling the little creatures....until one pooped on her. And then another one pooped on her. Later that afternoon she stood over the box considering all of the little chicks and asked me if she could hold one that doesn't poop. Sorry Jadyn! No such luck! After that she just carried them around in a teeny little basket that Grandma found for her.
The night before Dan and Claire's wedding recption we got to go to another family members wedding reception, cousin Vaughn's! After getting all spruced up, Jadyn and her cousin Christian started dancing together. It was SO precious! Jadyn felt just like a princess and kept calling Christian her "prince."
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| Joe and Jadyn grew these beautiful flowers from seeds. Jadyn loved watering them and watching them grow taller then she is! Since she is a huge fan of the movie "Tangled," a lot of the time spent looking at the flowers also involved her singing "Flowers gleam and glow...." |
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| We were even able to squeeze in a quick visit with Joe's friend Dan and his little family. Joe and Dan have been friends since High school. |
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| Jadyn and I |
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| The little cousins all love going out to the tramp to jump with Auntie Hannah. |
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| Sitting around chatting. |
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| At Vaughn's reception, McKay kept sneaking away to slurp water off of the water fountain. He dragged this chair out of a classroom and climbed up there by himself.
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The weekend went by so quickly! Dan's reception was beautiful. He and Claire wanted a farm theme and so they held it in an Uncle's horse arena. Tawana went all out finding beautiful decorations that fit with the theme. She also asked the photographer to arrive a little early and take family portraits of all our different families! They turned out BEAUTIFULLY! Although after the picture taking, Jadyn thought the party was all about her. She kept trying to slide into Dan and Claire's pictures and spread out her pretty party dress.
On our return trip, we had a longer layover in Pheonix. Jadyn and McKay spent half an hour rolling around on the carpet and chasing each other.
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| Jadyn and cousin Raegan |
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| Raegan, Andrew, and Jadyn |
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| This wasn't one of the professional photos that was taken, this one was taken by Tawana! She is so talented. |
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| Playing on the farm! |
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| The kids love gathering eggs |
In May Jadyn and I were supposed to go to a baby shower for a close friend here in Alpine. Unfortunatley, the kids came down with hand, foot, and mouth disease (kind of like chicken pox) a few days before, so we were confined to the apartment. I made this cute nursing cover as a baby gift. I love the pocket on the inside for nursing pads, binkies, etc.
After the kids recovered from their illness, we took them to Ft. Stockton to check out a fun park up there. They loved it! There was a huge purple dinosaur to ride, and cool things to climb or spin on. Of course no trip to Ft Stockton is complete without visiting Wal*Mart. Jadyn and McKay had a blast checking out the bicycles and mopeds out front. I took advantage of an awesome $1 per yard sale that was going on and scored some cute fabric.
