Children's Museum and Kid's Day

While Maren and Blake were in town for the marathon we had a few days of fun with the boys.  On Thursday we went to the Tacoma Children's Museum to let the boys run wild.  None of us had been there before and it was crowded because it was a free admission day, but the boys had a fun time.  I wish I would have taken a picture of the boys together, but things were pretty wild in there.

Then on Friday we went to Auburn's Kid's Day Festival.  Our boys were a little bit too young to really love it, but we had a fun hour there.  They had about 10 bouncy houses, tons of fun vendors giving away free swag, music and dancing, and a great play ground.  They even had a baby bouncy house that was perfect for Austin.  He thought it was pretty awesome...as long as I was right there.  Again, no pictures of the three boys together.

My BFF is MARRIED!!!

This has been a great summer for us so far, and it's really only the start.  A couple Thursday's ago Austin and I flew down to Salt Lake for my BFF's (Amanda) wedding.  I have been excited for weeks years for her wedding!  She married a great guy named Jason.  I just hope he knows what he's getting into.  Since I was Manda's roommate for 4 years I've witnessed her tuna casserole dinner and borderline hoarding habits.  All joking aside, though, they are PERFECT for each other.

I was so nervous for the flight.  I'm have flying anxiety anyway, which just increases exponential when I know I'm going to have to contain a squirmy boy who will not sleep anywhere but his crib (have I mentioned the two of us our flying by ourselves to Thailand this fall?).  He did surprisingly well.  I pretty much fed him snacks constantly, which is really the key to a happy flight, I think. He even managed to sleep for about 20 minutes.  Still, I breathed a huge sigh of relief when we touched down in Salt Lake.  (On a side note, the benefit to traveling with a baby is that no one sits near you.  Thank you, Austin.)

Manda picked us up from the airport and we hung out with her, her sister, and her niece Evelyn.  I should have taken some pictures because Evelyn is quite the cutie.  We weren't really there long enough for them to like each other though.  Maybe when they're older...  Manda then took us to the hotel where we were staying at with my Mom and John.

Austin LOVED being in the hotel.  He especially loved the hotel phone.  What' funny is that he's never seen a phone like this before (we only have cell phones) and, yet, he knew exactly what to do with it. 

On Friday we went to visit my grandma and grandpa Gailey who live in Salt Lake.  Austin was 2 months old the last time they saw him.  It was great to chat with them for a while.  Austin loved having a new audience to show all of his tricks to.

I stole this from my Mom's blog.

The sealing was on Saturday (June 18).  Laura, David and Mandy had driven down from Rexburg Friday night.  Laura was able to watch Austin in the hotel while we went to the ceremony.  Amanda looked beautiful and happy.  The sealer's message was wonderful and reminded me of my own temple sealing and how grateful I am to be married for time and all eternity.

Afterward we took pictures.

Monday morning we left with my Mom and John to drive all the way back to Utah.  In the 16 hours of our trek, Austin slept for about 3.  He was just too curious about where we were headed.  Luckily he was fairly content during the other13 hours. 

During a McDonald's pit stop.