Finally Out Of Rexburg

After many years of Torture for my brother David and his wife Lesley, he finally graduated with his BA. We are so proud of him. And we love it because it gives a great excuse to all get together. So Cory and i drove from Seattle to Rexburg..12 hours, 13 with Macade. We split it in 2 days and really it was not that bad. macade is a great sport. he just sits and watches movies and reads books and eats alot. For the most part...for an 18 month old boy, he was a great sport!

We had the oportunity to go to the new Rexburg temple. It was beautiful. Just as an interesting note, that saturday after the end of the semester, the day we went, there were 28 weddings that day! CRAZY!

So i must say, my little man has some serious California blood in him. I guess we have to head back so he will fit it!

AND....as a very exciting side note, after Dave opened all of his gifts he and Lesley had a gift to give all of us...THEY ARE PREGNANT. Due in the beginning of December. YEAH!!!!!!!

To Grandmother's House We Go!

While Cory was enjoying his time in Ireland i took a little trip of my own to the Great California. I headed to my parents house so that i did not have to be alone in our big house all week. I don't like that idea. So macade and i headed on a plane the monday after Cory left and stayed there all week. it was great. Of course Grandma and Grandpa really enjoyed having their only grandson around. And let me tell you, Macade loves my mom. he will choose my mom over me. When we came home to him after errands or the temple, he would run to my mom first and give her a hug and kiss before me. Darn little boy! Grandma was eating it up!

My mom took him to the Clayton Library for some reading. I have one day a week that i take him to the library to read and play. So it felt like home to him! Very cute.

There is a new park now right in Downtown Clayton where the post office is and where the 4th of July parade is held. here he is playing at that park.

We headed off to Heather Farms park to feed the ducks. Macade loved it. I was afraid of the Geese. I was pretty much nervous the whole time when they came around. Macade thought nothing of it, he just threw the bread at them and thought they were so cool because they were as tall as him!

Trip to Ireland

Cory finally got his break that he truly deserves. For his graduate degree he was required to take a trip to a foreign country for his international business class. He had many choice his first being Vietnam, second China and third was Ireland. His first two did not work out, either full or not enough intrest so on March 21 he boarded a 6:30 am flight headed to Ireland. He says he really enjoyed it and brought back some great gifts for us of course. He got back on March 30th and said he loved every minute of it. Except being away from me and Macade, although i bet secretly he enjoyed that as well:) I got some of the pictures but i must say there are a lot so i picked some that looked interesting.

Cory's Group in front of a cool looking Castle. (I don't know the details)

Same Castle. Beautiful...we need some of these in the US

Cory and his Buds ate out every night in a different pub. he says the food is great. he says he joined his friends in a Pint but this pictures says otherwise....don't ya think!!!:)