Earlier this month we went back to Idaho... already. I know, we can't stay away! ;) Really though Todd's sister, Callie, was getting married and there's no way we're going to miss that! So yeah we packed up and made yet another trip across the country for the festivities.
The day we left our neighbors lit the yard on fire... something about smoking next to dried up pine needles. *face palm*
Peter thought it was pretty exciting though.
Daddy got home and our trip began. We flew through Atlanta and landed around 1am in SLC so we stayed that night with family and headed to Jerome the next morning. Also we ran into a bunch of Todd's MBA friends on their way back from a bachelor party cruise. Haha Todd and Keith took Spencer mini golfing.
It was Calvin's first flight and he clearly wasn't as excited about it as I was. He did alright though. Sitting on mommy's lap for that long was hard but luckily it was bedtime for most of it.
Peter was pumped about getting to chew gum for the take off. He also swallowed it about 5 seconds before the wheels left the ground. Again... *face palm*... we'll practice the whole gum thing some more another day.
He was also pumped about endless shows and games! He couldn't decide on one so he watched the beginning of about seven different movies then passed out around 11pm haha.
Grandma Preece fed us breakfast the next morning (which was delicious, of course) and we got to go upstairs to say hi to some of our favorite cousins!
And off to Jerome. Todd and I had a lengthy conversation about the anatomy of a Junior Mint (Todd's travel candy of choice).
Cause "Everybody loves Junior Mints."
The weekend was a short one but we had lots of fun. The day before the wedding was national donut day. Yum right? Yes except the only donuts we could find in Jerome, Idaho were at the corner country store. Wah wah. #comeonridleyskeepup
Peter loved playing with his cousins. Lucy is almost two years older than him and Annie is six months younger than him. But he's the same height as Lucy so she was the cousin of choice haha. They played and played and played!
The big day finally came! Callie and Spencer has been engaged for like a thousand years so we were all pretty excited on wedding day.
Lotsa smiles at the temple!
The kids were so shy around the bride.
Uncle Spencer!
After the temple we all hung out at the house until the reception. My parents drove over from Pocatello too!
Grandpa has the magic touch.
Callie and Spencer had their reception at a friend/cousins house and it was perfect! The kiddos ran around the yard and ate treats and had a grand ol' time getting dirty. Seriously I still can't believe those stains came out of the boys' church clothes. #doyoubelieveinmiracles
And here is Spencer waiting for his bride to leave the reception. The guys will tell you to get used to always waiting around for your wife. But here's the deal... it's true that you'll wait around for your wife quite often. But it's not like she's sitting around just making you wait. She's either beautifying herself just for you or she's grabbing one last thing so you guys have a good time or she's simply the last one getting ready because she was getting the kids ready too. Just remember that... and maybe adjust your "getting out the door" routine so you don't finish too soon before she does. ;)
Thanks Uncle Scott for this picture! I was showing the boys how you can see the Twin Falls temple across the canyon while we waited for Todd to get back.
p.s. it's that little white square under the bottom bar of the empty sign post
Did I mention that Peter loved playing with his cousins? He was so sad to leave on Sunday. The trip just wasn't long enough!
We sure love these guys. Our short trip was a fun one! Living over 2,000 miles from family is hard but it makes our visits/having visitors even more special.
And once again let's end the post with the face of one of my angel children. Haha he's a handsome boy. And a goofy boy. A handsome, goofy, energetic boy.
