Friday, July 17, 2009

My Family in Town

I was so very lucky to have my mom with us for an entire week, and Kent, Carly, and Amy with us for part of the week visiting us and playing with our little boys. We had so much fun. Kent and Carly are expecting their little girl in just a few months, so it was a real treat to have them come all the way up here from AZ to be with us and see the new baby! Grandma spent so much time playing with our boys, playing "Dragon", holding Cayden, and Kent, Carly, and Amy were just the best Aunts/Uncle to my boys. Thank you all so much for being here with us and spending time with our family. It meant the world to us to have you here!

My mom treated all of us to Chilis one night (and thanks to Amy, too; Amy waits tables at the Chili's in Mesa so she hooked us up with a cool discount) Thanks Mom and Amy!






Tiffany, Coby, Corbin and Jaden came over, and Aunt Laurie, Uncle Wayne, and Som came over to see the family and show off that CUTE baby boy.. (our boys are just 16 days apart!) The boys played some basketball, Aunt Som wrestled with the kids on the trampoline, and we got to sing happy birthday to my mom, Amy (19 Years Old on the 22nd!) Austin, Corbin, Wayne and Laurie. Sort of a catch-all birthday party for most everyone there. We had so much fun having the whole family there.





The girls roasting some s'mores out by the fire pit; I loved having my family in town and just spending time talking around the fire. There's just nothing better than this!

My family having a pic-nic at Deer Creek; funny story! Just enjoying the beautiful weather...


My boys playing in the garage... wishing we were at the Sand Dunes!


We went down to Mapleton (Jared's good friend who lives down there invited us to be in a car show and bring the chopper; we saw some cool cars/bikes and had a BBQ)



My mom and I went for a walk and took the kids to the park...



Here's Jordan and Austin in their Dragon Slayer gear; my mom became the "Dragon" and Jordan would look for her everyday so she could play the Dragon Slayer game (yes, those are my dishes). He just had so much fun playing with Grandma and she was so much fun to have around.

This was quite the site! The morning that my mom's flight left we woke up to this:
Mom, Kent, Carly, and Amy, I'm SO glad you guys were able to visit us and I miss you all so very much. Wish you were closer by. Love you TONS and hope to see you all again very soon.

2 comments:

Keeping up with the Burtons said...

Boy did we all hav ea lot of fun! Thanks for posting all of the great photos...Kent and I really have to work on that :) Love you guys!

Unknown said...

Lanae, I just want you to know how much I love you, Jared, Jordan, Austin and Cayden. It meant the world to me to be with you all in July. I have to admit, I love seeing all the pictures, but it's so hard feeling like I'm missing out on seeing everyone more often. I was talking with Chad last night, & he was saying it's really hard living so far from everyone. It will be interesting to see where we all end up in the next 2 years. I love you so much & thanks for sharing all the good times with all of us. love, Mom