yep, i am going to utah tomorrow for my best cousin friends wedding! jon is in school and can't come with me, which makes me sad, but i know i'll have a blast!
back to our vacation...
finally got to meet this baby. he is so tiny and well behaved and all around adorable. i didn't get any pictures with his mother or my sisters but i promise we had such a fun picnic, it's always fun to catch up with emma.
another favorite tradition of ours when we go home is golfing with gare. usually at mick riley since it's the cheapest and most convenient. while my dad was in town, we went to the JW Marriott right down the street from our house and toured the TPC golf course. the big tournament was there just a week after my father left. he was getting souvenirs and picked a shirt off of the buy one get one half off rack. i asked him who gets the half off shirt and he said "whoever jumps on it first". jon is more likely to wear a polo shirt, so we picked one out for him and it just happened to be the same color as gary's…….just kidding. they totally picked the color to match each other and it paid off later when they matched while golfing. we missed our uncle bud this year, he wasn't feeling good. usually we get two carts so we can all ride, but since there were three of us, we just got one cart. i very quickly realized that riding in the cart probably wouldn't be for me that day. all the bumps were making the baby very upset. (green pukey face)
for memorial day we always drive up to the franklin cemetery, we've been doing it forever. when i was little, my grandma knew every single person at the cemetery and it was always fun to talk to the old people who knew my dad when he was young. this year we went the saturday before to clean the headstones and take the flowers up. it was a warm, sunny day! i was about 16 weeks at this time.
we stopped at Big J's afterwards and got ice creammmmm! that little boy doesn't look happy, but i'm sure he was. (amanda sent me the photo from the other car)
check this out. jon's parents lived in germany for about three years, and that's where jon was born. they have so many awesome stories about life in germany living above a little bakery, smelling the fresh bread every morning. his mom has told me about the walks she would take jonathan on in his german buggy along the cobble stone streets. when we told his grandma we were expecting, she told us she's been keeping his buggy safe for us and she was right. it is in excellent condition and i almost lost my cool when she unveiled it. i'd heard about it, but i was not expecting it to be so adorableeeee! i can't wait to push our little baby around the neighborhood in this.
remember what i said about katie sending us home with all of her baby items? we weren't joking. jon's car was packed full with all of his camping stuff (haha) plus the cradle that my sisters and i used when we were babies, a little dresser of my gran's, tubs of clothes/blankets/burp clothes/everything, jon's buggy, andddddd a crib that we bought at down east for $144 that we simply couldn't leave utah without. we don't know much about babies/cribs, but we think/hope it was a good deal. we had our eyes on a $100 crib from ikea, but liked this one more since it's not painted and the fact that it was a lot more sturdy. hopefully all our babies can use it. it was a successful trip home for the baby and makes me feel ready. isn't it cute that i don't even know what babies need besides clothes and a place to sleep? this will be fun!
sunday walks.
on memorial day the whole family hiked up to donut falls. jon and i hadn't ever been, and it was a lot of fun! i get bummed out hiking to water destinations and not being able to even put my feet in, but whatever. the trail was crowded but we still had fun with good company. my dad had a big bbq for our friends and family that night and it was delicious! it was our last hurrah as we were leaving early the next morning. i hate goodbyes, but it wasn't so bad knowing i'd be back in a few short weeks!
can't wait to see these happy children!
