Last Saturday we decided to head out to Utah for a few days to see Liz's family and take a quick break. My work has been super busy this summer, so I only stayed until Monday evening so I could spend Sunday with Liz's family and Monday at Lagoon. I took a flight back Monday night and was back to work on Tuesday. Liz and the kids spent a few more days with family and went boating on the lake, then drove back to Fort Collins with Liz's mom on Thursday. Liz's dad was able to join us on Friday, then Tim's parents and sister Becky came out on Saturday. Amy's baby blessing was a beautiful and wonderful experience on Sunday. She looked absolutely adorable in her white dress. Whew! Busy week, but so great to get to see family and have some fun.
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| After going on a scary roller coaster a few years ago Michael has been timid about going on any rides. But we finally got him warmed up and he had a great time. |
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| Spencer, Michael, and Brooklyn on the swings |
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| On some of the rides Michael just sat back with his arms folded. Not sure if he was just in a zone to not be scared or if he was trying to prove how brave he is on rides now |
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| Amy enjoyed her first train ride! |
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| I enjoyed some 1-on-1 time with Sarah riding some of the bigger rides. She even rode Wicked for the first time and loved it! |
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| Whitney and I had some 1-on-1 time on some of the bigger rides as well. We rode the Spider ride but fortunately avoided being bitten by this giant spider. |
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| Whitney's favorite ride right now is the Colossus. It brought back a lot of memories of riding the Colossus growing up when my family would visit Utah in the summer. |
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| Brave little boaters on Pineview Reservoir |
As we sat on the front row of the chapel, literally just minutes before it was time for her blessing, Amy had a massive diaper blowout all over her beautiful new white dress, and all over Liz's white dress, too! We scrambled like mad, and Liz and her mom took Amy out of the chapel to get everyone cleaned up.
The bishop then announced the 2 babies to be blessed that day, and I knew we were lined up to be first. But as he announced the order, Bishop Cleverly gave me a wink and announced the other family to go first. Fortunately Liz and Amy arrived back at the chapel as the first blessing ended, and we were able to proceed with Amy's blessing. Even better, most of the congregation was none the wiser and had no idea that anything unusual had even happened until we told a few of our friends.
It's just par for the course for our family. We were remembering Michael's baby blessing 5 years ago where something similar happened. He had a blowout during Sunday School on the day of his blessing, and Liz and her mom rushed home to get everyone cleaned up. They had to race back to church in time for Sacrament Meeting, with Liz's mom holding Michael's outfit out the car window to help it dry!
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After
Amy's baby blessing we took some family pictures across the street
outside the newly completed Fort Collins Temple! The temple open house
begins later this month. |
